Article 17-3Riding Specified Small Motorized Bicycles under the Special Exception, etc. on Side Strips
第十七条の三（特例特定小型原動機付自転車等の路側帯通行）
Notwithstanding Article 17, paragraph (1), a specified small motorized bicycle under the special exception and a light road vehicle may use a side strip on the left side of a road (other than a side strip demarcated by road markings prohibiting use by specified small motorized bicycles under the special exception and light road vehicles) unless doing so would greatly prevent pedestrians from proceeding.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the driver of a specified small motorized bicycle under the special exception or a light road vehicle must progress down the side strip at such a speed and in such a way as to not prevent pedestrians from proceeding.
前項の場合において、特例特定小型原動機付自転車及び軽車両は、歩行者の通行を妨げないような速度と方法で進行しなければならない。