The driver of a vehicle or streetcar must observe the following rules:
to have mudflaps on the vehicle or streetcar, drive at a reduced speed, or take other measures so as not to cause a nuisance to others by scattering mud, dirty water, and other materials when driving through mud or puddles;
ぬかるみ又は水たまりを通行するときは、泥よけ器を付け、又は徐行する等して、泥土、汚水等を飛散させて他人に迷惑を及ぼすことがないようにすること。
to come to a stop or drive at reduced speed so as not to obstruct the progress of a vehicle for persons with physical disabilities, a blind person using a Cabinet-Order-prescribed cane or guide dog referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1), a deaf person or a person with a Cabinet-Order-prescribed degree of physical disability referred to in Article 14, paragraph (2), either of whom is walking with a Cabinet-Order-prescribed cane as referred to in that paragraph, or so as not to obstruct the progress of an elementary schooler or child not yet of school age who is walking without a custodian;
to come to a stop or drive at reduced speed so as not to prevent an elderly pedestrian, a pedestrian with a physical disability, or a pedestrian with difficulty using the road from proceeding, beyond as set forth in the preceding item;
to drive at a reduced speed and confirm that it is safe before overtaking a school bus (meaning a motor vehicle as prescribed by Cabinet Order which is exclusively used to transport persons such as elementary schoolers and children not yet of school age to places such as elementary schools and preschools) that has stopped pursuant to Cabinet Order to load or unload persons such as elementary schoolers and children not yet of school age;
to drive at a reduced speed when going past the edge of a safety zone on the left side of a road in which there is a pedestrian;
to take the necessary measures to prevent persons riding in the vehicle or streetcar from falling from it and to prevent loaded objects from falling or scattering from it, such as closing the doors of the vehicle or streetcar and loading cargo properly onto the vehicle or streetcar;
乗降口のドアを閉じ、貨物の積載を確実に行う等当該車両等に乗車している者の転落又は積載している物の転落若しくは飛散を防ぐため必要な措置を講ずること。
to take the necessary measures to prevent a road hazard in the event that an object loaded onto the vehicle or streetcar has fallen or been scattered from it, such as removing the fallen or scattered object promptly;
to not open one of the vehicle's or streetcar's doors or get out of the vehicle or streetcar without confirming the safety of doing so, and to take the necessary measures to prevent others riding in the vehicle or streetcar from causing a traffic hazard by unsafely opening the doors or getting out of the vehicle;
安全を確認しないで、ドアを開き、又は車両等から降りないようにし、及びその車両等に乗車している他の者がこれらの行為により交通の危険を生じさせないようにするため必要な措置を講ずること。
to take the necessary measures to keep the vehicle or streetcar stopped when leaving the vicinity of a vehicle or streetcar, such as turning off the motor or engine and fully engaging the brakes;
車両等を離れるときは、その原動機を止め、完全にブレーキをかける等当該車両等が停止の状態を保つため必要な措置を講ずること。
to take the necessary measures when leaving the vicinity of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, in keeping with the vehicle's equipment, to prevent the vehicle from being driven or ridden by someone without permission to do so;
to not suddenly put the motor vehicle or motorized bicycle in motion, suddenly increase its speed, or increase its engine speed without transferring the power of the engine to its wheels in a manner that makes a noise causing an extreme nuisance to others, without a legitimate reason for doing so;
when driving a motor vehicle, if a person prescribed in Article 71-5, paragraphs (1) through (4) or Article 71-6, paragraphs (1) through (3), or a person who has been issued a provisional driver's license as prescribed in Article 84, paragraph (2), is driving a marked motor vehicle (meaning a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle bearing a mark as prescribed in Article 71-5, paragraph (1), Article 71-6, paragraph (1) or Article 87, paragraph (3), or a standard motor vehicle bearing a mark as prescribed in Article 71-5, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 71-6, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 87, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter in this item), then, unless circumstances compel the driver to do so in order to prevent a hazard, to neither squeeze toward the side of that moving marked motor vehicle nor change course if doing so would mean that a marked motor vehicle approaching from behind on the same course that the motor vehicle would be on after changing course could not maintain the necessary distance as prescribed in Article 26 between itself and that motor vehicle;
自動車を運転する場合において、第七十一条の五第一項から第四項まで若しくは第七十一条の六第一項から第三項までに規定する者又は第八十四条第二項に規定する仮運転免許を受けた者が表示自動車（第七十一条の五第一項、第七十一条の六第一項若しくは第八十七条第三項に規定する標識を付けた準中型自動車又は第七十一条の五第二項から第四項まで、第七十一条の六第二項若しくは第三項若しくは第八十七条第三項に規定する標識を付けた普通自動車をいう。以下この号において同じ。）を運転しているときは、危険防止のためやむを得ない場合を除き、進行している当該表示自動車の側方に幅寄せをし、又は当該自動車が進路を変更した場合にその変更した後の進路と同一の進路を後方から進行してくる表示自動車が当該自動車との間に第二十六条に規定する必要な距離を保つことができないこととなるときは進路を変更しないこと。
when driving a motor vehicle, motorized bicycle or bicycle (hereinafter referred to in this item as a "motor vehicle, etc."), except when that motor vehicle, etc. is at a stop, to neither use a cellular telephone, car phone, or other wireless telephone (but only one that cannot be used to transmit or receive communications unless all or part of it is held in the hand; referred to as a "wireless telephone" in Article 118, paragraph (1), item (iv)) to make telephone calls (other than essential emergency calls to aid injured or sick persons or to maintain public safety while that motor vehicle, etc. is in motion; the same applies in that item) nor focus attention on an image displayed on an image display device (other than one as prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (xvi) or (xvii) or Article 44, item (xi) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act; the same applies in Article 118, paragraph (1), item (iv)) installed in or carried into that motor vehicle, etc.;
自動車、原動機付自転車又は自転車（以下この号において「自動車等」という。）を運転する場合においては、当該自動車等が停止しているときを除き、携帯電話用装置、自動車電話用装置その他の無線通話装置（その全部又は一部を手で保持しなければ送信及び受信のいずれをも行うことができないものに限る。第百十八条第一項第四号において「無線通話装置」という。）を通話（傷病者の救護又は公共の安全の維持のため当該自動車等の走行中に緊急やむを得ずに行うものを除く。同号において同じ。）のために使用し、又は当該自動車等に取り付けられ若しくは持ち込まれた画像表示用装置（道路運送車両法第四十一条第一項第十六号若しくは第十七号又は第四十四条第十一号に規定する装置であるものを除く。第百十八条第一項第四号において同じ。）に表示された画像を注視しないこと。
rules that a public safety commission establishes in consideration of road or traffic conditions, having found it to be necessary to do so in order to prevent road hazards or otherwise ensure traffic safety, beyond as set forth in the preceding items.