The driver of a vehicle must not park on a part of the road where parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on a part of the road as set forth below; provided, however, that this does not apply if permission to park there has been granted by the chief of the police station pursuant to public safety commission rules:
within 3 meters of a motor-vehicle entrance or exit connecting the road and a facility or place that has been set up along the road for loading and unloading persons or cargo; for parking; or for storing or repairing motor vehicles;
within 5 meters of the outside edge of a road work zone while road work is taking place in that zone;
道路工事が行なわれている場合における当該工事区域の側端から五メートル以内の部分
within 5 meters of a place where fire-services machinery or equipment is stored, within 5 meters of a fire-services cistern, or within 5 meters of an entrance or exit connecting either of these to the road;
消防用機械器具の置場若しくは消防用防火水槽の側端又はこれらの道路に接する出入口から五メートル以内の部分
within 5 meters of a fire hydrant, a sign indicating a designated fire-services water source, or the water intake or injection tube of a fire-services cistern;
消火栓、指定消防水利の標識が設けられている位置又は消防用防火水槽の吸水口若しくは吸管投入孔から五メートル以内の部分
within 1 meter of a fire alarm.
火災報知機から一メートル以内の部分
The driver of a vehicle must not park pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (2) or (3) if doing so would fail to leave at least 3.5 meters (or the distance that is specified by road signs or markings, if any) of road to the right side of the vehicle; provided, however, that this does not apply when cargo is being loaded or unloaded if the driver does not leave the vicinity of the vehicle or if the driver leaves the vicinity of the vehicle but will be able to go back to driving immediately, and does not apply if the driver is compelled to park pursuant to those provisions in order to assist an injured or sick person.
The main clause of the preceding paragraph does not apply in an area that the public safety commission prescribes as an area with infrequent traffic.
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(Places Where Parking Is Prohibited)
The driver of a vehicle must not park pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (2) or (3) if doing so would fail to leave at least 3.5 meters…
車両は、第四十七条第二項又は第三項の規定により駐車する場合に当該車両の右側の道路上に三・五メートル（道路標識等により距離が指定されているときは、その距離）以上の余地がないこととなる場所においては、駐車してはならない。
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When parking, a driver must bring a vehicle to the left edge of the road, and must position the vehicle so as not to obstruct traffic.
車両は、駐車するときは、道路の左側端に沿い、かつ、他の交通の妨害とならないようにしなければならない。
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Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, when stopping or parking in a place with a side strip adjacent to the left edge of the roadway…
車両は、車道の左側端に接して路側帯（当該路側帯における停車及び駐車を禁止することを表示する道路標示によつて区画されたもの及び政令で定めるものを除く。）が設けられている場所において、停車し、又は駐車するときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、政令で定めるところにより、当該路側帯に入り、かつ…
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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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
chief of a police station
警察署長
The head of a police station (警察署). The Police Act (警察法) divides each prefecture's area into districts, each served by a police station, and places a chief in every station (Police Act, Article 53, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Under the direction and supervision of the officers above the station in the prefectural police — the Superintendent General (警視総監) of Tokyo's police, the chief of a prefectural police headquarters (警察本部長), or, in Hokkaido, a district headquarters chief (方面本部長), among others — the chief handles police work within the station's district and directs and supervises the station's police officials (Article 53, paragraph (3); Articles 48 and 51). Under the Road Traffic Act, a person who means to work on a road, put up a structure or a fixed stall on it, or use it in another way the prefectural public safety commission (公安委員会) has listed as greatly affecting traffic, needs the permission of the chief of the police station for that place (Road Traffic Act, Article 77, paragraph (1)). Under the Lost Property Act, a finder must promptly return a found item to its owner or hand it in to a police station chief, and must hand in items that are illegal to possess or appear to have been held by a criminal (Lost Property Act, Article 4, paragraph (1)); something found inside a facility such as a station or shop goes to the facility's operator instead (Article 4, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 48, 51, 53, Road Traffic Act, Art. 77 and Lost Property Act, Art. 4 as a reference.