A vehicle must not exceed the posted maximum speed limit when traveling on a road where a maximum speed limit is specified by road signs or markings, and must not exceed the maximum speed limit prescribed by Cabinet Order when traveling on any other road.
A streetcar or trolleybus must not exceed the posted maximum speed limit when traveling on a road where a maximum speed limit below that which has been prescribed by an order based on Article 14 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31 of that Act; the same applies in Article 62) of the Railway Track Act (Act No. 76 of 1921) is specified by road signs or markings, and must not exceed the maximum speed limit prescribed by such an order on any other road.
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(Prohibition against Driving Improperly Maintained Vehicles)
A user of a vehicle or streetcar or any other person responsible for maintaining the equipment of a vehicle or streetcar, or a driver, must not cause to be driven, or drive…
車両等の使用者その他車両等の装置の整備について責任を有する者又は運転者は、その装置が道路運送車両法第三章若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定（同法の規定が適用されない自衛隊の使用する自動車については、自衛隊法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十五号）第百十四条第二項の規定による防衛大臣の定め。以下同じ。）又は軌道法第十四条若しくはこ…
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「道路」
A road as defined in the Road Act, a motor vehicle road (自動車道) as defined in the Road Transportation Act, and any other place used for general traffic.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
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「道路標識等」
A road sign (道路標識) or a road marking (道路標示).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)
vehicle
「車両」
Motor vehicles (自動車), motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両) and trolleybuses (トロリーバス).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
trolleybus
「トロリーバス」
A vehicle that runs on electric power supplied from overhead wires and does not run on rails.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
streetcar
「路面電車」
A vehicle that runs on rails.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law