The driver of a vehicle must not stop or park on a part of the road where stopping or parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on any of the following other parts of the road, except when stopping temporarily pursuant to a provision of laws and regulations or an order of a police officer, or in order to prevent a hazard:
in an intersection, pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing lane, or railroad crossing; on a track bed; in the vicinity of the top of a slope; on a steep slope; or in a tunnel;
within 5 meters of the outside edges of an intersection or a curve in the road;
within the 5 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a pedestrian crossing or bicycle crossing lane;
the part of the road to the left of a safety zone and within the 10 meters in front of and behind that part of the road;
within 10 meters of a signpost or signage for a bus stop or for a trolleybus or streetcar station (but only during the hours of operation of buses, trolleybuses, and streetcars in the transit system of which that stop or station is a part);
within the 10 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a railroad crossing.
踏切の前後の側端からそれぞれ前後に十メートル以内の部分
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the following cases:
前項の規定は、次に掲げる場合には、適用しない。
when a bus or trolleybus stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a stop or station that is part of its transit system;
when a motor vehicle used for the transport of passengers (excluding a bus; the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1)) stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a bus stop or at a trolleybus or streetcar station (limited to stopping or parking at that stop or station that is useful for ensuring passenger transport necessary for the lives of local residents, and as to which a general scheduled passenger motor vehicle transportation business operator prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951), the public safety commission, and other persons that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as persons concerned with that stopping or parking have agreed, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, that there is no hindrance owing to road or traffic conditions, and the public safety commission has issued a public notice to that effect).
旅客の運送の用に供する自動車（乗合自動車を除く。第四十九条の三第一項において同じ。）が、乗合自動車の停留所又はトロリーバス若しくは路面電車の停留場において、乗客の乗降のため停車するとき、又は運行時間を調整するため駐車するとき（当該停留所又は停留場における停車又は駐車であつて、地域住民の生活に必要な旅客輸送を確保するために有用であり、かつ、道路又は交通の状況により支障がないことについて、内閣府令で定めるところにより、道路運送法第九条第一項に規定する一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者、公安委員会その他の当該停車又は駐車に関係のある者として内閣府令で定める者が合意し、その旨を公安委員会が公示したものをする場合に限る。）。
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(Places Where Stopping or Parking Is Prohibited)
The driver of a vehicle must not stop or park on a part of the road where stopping or parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on any of the following other parts of the road…
車両は、道路標識等により停車及び駐車が禁止されている道路の部分及び次に掲げるその他の道路の部分においては、法令の規定若しくは警察官の命令により、又は危険を防止するため一時停止する場合のほか、停車し、又は駐車してはならない。
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Notwithstanding Articles 44 through 48, the parking of vehicles in time-restricted parking zones (excluding the parking of the bus or trolleybus, or of the motor vehicle used for the transport of…
時間制限駐車区間における車両の駐車（第四十四条第二項各号に掲げる場合における当該乗合自動車若しくはトロリーバス又は当該旅客の運送の用に供する自動車の駐車を除く。次条において同じ。）については、第四十四条から第四十八条までの規定にかかわらず、この条から第四十九条の五までに定めるところによる。
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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
pedestrian crossing
「横断歩道」
A part of a road that road signs (道路標識) or road markings (道路標示) show is a place for pedestrians to cross.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
road sign or markingmachine translation
「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)
bicycle crossing lane
「自転車横断帯」
A part of a road that road signs or markings (道路標識等) show is a place for bicycles to cross.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv-2)· applies throughout the law
intersection
「交差点」
The part where two or more roads meet at a crossroads, T-junction or other junction; where a road has separate sidewalks and roadway, the part where the roadways meet.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
safety zone
「安全地帯」
An island-like structure on a road for the safety of people boarding or leaving streetcars or of pedestrians crossing, or a part of a road shown to be a safety zone by road signs and road markings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
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
motor vehiclemachine translation
「自動車」
A vehicle that runs on a motor without rails or overhead wires, or that carries out specified automated operation (特定自動運行), other than motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両), small mobility vehicles (移動用小型車), vehicles for persons with physical disabilities (身体障害者用の車), remotely operated small vehicles (遠隔操作型小型車), and walking-aid carts, prams and other small vehicles used while walking that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (歩行補助車等).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· 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
parkingmachine translation
「駐車」
A vehicle or streetcar stopping for some time to wait for passengers or cargo, to load or unload, because of a breakdown or for another reason (stops of up to five minutes to load or unload cargo, and stops to let people on or off, aside), or stopping (other than during specified automated operation (特定自動運行)) while its driver has left it and cannot drive it at once.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii)· applies throughout the law
stopping
「停車」
A vehicle or streetcar (車両等) coming to a stop, other than parking (駐車).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xix)· applies throughout the law
public safety commissionmachine translation
「公安委員会」
A prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会), the body in each prefecture that manages its police and that this Act empowers to regulate road traffic and to grant driving licenses.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
bus
「乗合自動車」
In Article 27, a motor vehicle used either for scheduled route service (路線定期運行) — carrying shared-ride passengers on a set route on a set timetable — by a general shared-ride passenger motor vehicle transport operator (一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者), or for a specified passenger motor vehicle transport business (特定旅客自動車運送事業), which carries a limited range of passengers to meet a particular party's demand, both as the Road Transportation Act defines them.
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1)