A police officer may order the driver of a vehicle carrying an excessive load (meaning a load carried by a vehicle which exceeds the weight prescribed in Article 57, paragraph (1) (or that exceeds the permitted weight, if the permission under paragraph (3) of that Article has been granted); the same applies hereinafter) to take the necessary stop-gap measures so that the vehicle is no longer carrying an excessive load.
Notwithstanding Article 57, paragraph (1), if it is found that an order under the preceding paragraph is insufficient to stop a vehicle from carrying an excessive load, and if a police officer finds that, in light of the degree to which the vehicle is overloaded and road or traffic conditions, there is nothing to prevent the driver from driving the vehicle while abiding by the instructions that the officer gives, the officer may order the driver of the vehicle to drive in compliance with measures that need to be taken in order to prevent hazards on a section of road for vehicle traffic, route, or road, to abide by other instructions that the police officer gives, and to take other necessary measures so that the vehicle is no longer carrying an excessive load. In such a case, the police officer must issue written road use instructions to the driver of the vehicle.
警察官は、前項の規定による命令によつては車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにすることができないと認められる場合において、当該車両に係る過積載の程度及び道路又は交通の状況を勘案して当該車両を警察官が指示した事項を遵守して運転させることに支障がないと認めるときは、当該車両の運転者に対し、第五十七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、車両の通行の区間及び経路、道路における危険を防止するためにとるべき必要な措置その他の事項であつて警察官が指示したものを遵守して当該車両を運転し、及び当該車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにするため必要な措置をとることを命ずることができる。この場合において、警察官は、当該車両の運転者に対し、通行指示書を交付しなければならない。
A driver of a vehicle who has been issued written road use instructions pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry the instructions at all times while driving the vehicle based on an order under that paragraph.
Cabinet Office Order provides for the format of, and other necessary particulars concerning, the written road use instructions referred to in paragraph (2).
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(Restrictions on Riding and Loading; Related Considerations)
The driver of a vehicle (other than a light road vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and in Articles 58-2 through 58-5) must not drive a vehicle while carrying a number of…
車両（軽車両を除く。以下この項及び第五十八条の二から第五十八条の五までにおいて同じ。）の運転者は、当該車両について政令で定める乗車人員又は積載物の重量、大きさ若しくは積載の方法（以下この条において「積載重量等」という。）の制限を超えて乗車をさせ、又は積載をして車両を運転してはならない。
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Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if cargo cannot be divided and for this reason exceeds the restrictions on the weight, size, and way of carrying cargo that Cabinet Order prescribes…
貨物が分割できないものであるため第一項の政令で定める積載重量等の制限又は前項の規定に基づき公安委員会が定める積載重量等を超えることとなる場合において、出発地警察署長が当該車両の構造又は道路若しくは交通の状況により支障がないと認めて積載重量等を限つて許可をしたときは、車両の運転者は、前二項の規定にかかわらず…
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A police officer may order the driver of a vehicle carrying an excessive load (meaning a load carried by a vehicle which exceeds the weight prescribed in Article 57, paragraph (1) (or that exceeds…
警察官は、過積載（車両に積載をする積載物の重量が第五十七条第一項の制限に係る重量（同条第三項の規定による許可に係る積載物については、当該許可に係る重量）を超える場合における当該積載をいう。以下同じ。）をしている車両の運転者に対し…
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Notwithstanding Article 57, paragraph (1), if it is found that an order under the preceding paragraph is insufficient to stop a vehicle from carrying an excessive load…
警察官は、前項の規定による命令によつては車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにすることができないと認められる場合において、当該車両に係る過積載の程度及び道路又は交通の状況を勘案して当該車両を警察官が指示した事項を遵守して運転させることに支障がないと認めるときは、当該車両の運転者に対し…
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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
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
drivingmachine translation
「運転」
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· applies throughout the law
drivermachine translation
「運転者」
The person driving a vehicle or streetcar (車両等).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii)
excessive load
「過積載」
Loading a vehicle with cargo heavier than the limit under Article 57, paragraph (1), or than the weight allowed by a permit under paragraph (3) of that Article.
Defined inArticle 58-3, paragraph (1)