A motor vehicle (including a vehicle with the necessary structure and equipment to allow them to be towed by a motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must not be stopped or parked on a national expressway or limited highway unless the driver has come to a stop pursuant to laws and regulations, in compliance with a police officer's orders, or in order to prevent a hazard; provided, however, that this does not apply if:
a driver stops or parks a motor vehicle in a place demarked for parking;
a malfunction or other such circumstance compels the driver to stop or park a motor vehicle, and the driver stops or parks on a shoulder or side strip that is wide enough for stopping or parking;
a driver stops a bus to load or unload passengers or parks a bus to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a bus stop that is part of the bus's transit system; or
a driver stops a motor vehicle at a tollgate in order to pay a toll.
料金支払いのため料金徴収所において停車するとき。
The provisions of Articles 50-2 through 51-2 apply mutatis mutandis where a motor vehicle is found to have been stopped or parked in violation of the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the phrase "another place on the road within 50 meters of the place where it is parked" in Article 51, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "a place that Cabinet Order prescribes"; the phrase "there is no place on the road to which it can be moved that is within 50 meters of where it is parked" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "it cannot be moved to the place that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in the preceding paragraph"; and the phrase "a parking spot, open space, place on a road other than as prescribed in paragraph (3), or other such place" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a place other than the place prescribed in paragraph (3)".
第五十条の二から第五十一条の二までの規定は、自動車が前項の規定に違反して停車し、又は駐車していると認められる場合について準用する。この場合において、第五十一条第三項中「当該車両が駐車している場所からの距離が五十メートルを超えない道路上の場所」とあるのは「政令で定める場所」と、同条第四項中「当該車両が駐車している場所からの距離が五十メートルを超えない範囲の地域内の道路上に当該車両を移動する場所がないとき」とあるのは「前項の政令で定める場所に当該車両を移動することができないとき」と、同条第五項中「駐車場、空地、第三項に規定する場所以外の道路上の場所その他の場所」とあるのは「第三項に規定する場所以外の場所」と読み替えるものとする。
A motor vehicle that is found to have been parked on a national expressway or limited highway in violation of paragraph (1) and which cannot be driven immediately because the driver has left the vicinity is deemed to be an abandoned vehicle as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 51-4, and that Article applies.
(Measures against Illegal Stopping)
If a vehicle (other than a trolleybus; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, the following Article, and Article 51-4) is found to be stopped in violation of Article 44, paragraph (1)…
車両（トロリーバスを除く。以下この条、次条及び第五十一条の四において同じ。）が第四十四条第一項、第四十七条第一項若しくは第三項又は第四十八条の規定に違反して停車していると認められるときは、警察官等は、当該車両の運転者に対し、当該車両の停車の方法を変更し…
Open this provision(Measures against Illegal Parking)
If a vehicle is found to be parked in violation of Article 44, paragraph (1), Article 45, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 47, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 48, Article 49-3, paragraph (2) or (3)…
車両が第四十四条第一項、第四十五条第一項若しくは第二項、第四十七条第二項若しくは第三項、第四十八条、第四十九条の三第二項若しくは第三項、第四十九条の四若しくは第四十九条の五後段の規定に違反して駐車していると認められるとき…
Open this provisionCollection of Reports
When the chief of a police station finds it necessary for the enforcement of the preceding Article, the chief may request the user, etc. of a vehicle stored pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article…
警察署長は、前条の規定の施行のため必要があると認めるときは、同条第六項の規定により保管した車両の使用者等その他の関係者又は同条第二十二項において準用する同条第六項の規定により保管した積載物の所有者、占有者その他当該積載物について権原を有する者その他の関係者に対し…
Open this provision(Abandonment Penalty)
The chief of a police station may have an officer check whether there is any vehicle in a case found to have been parked illegally…
警察署長は、警察官等に、違法駐車と認められる場合における車両（軽車両にあつては、牽引されるための構造及び装置を有し、かつ、車両総重量（道路運送車両法第四十条第三号の車両総重量をいう。）が七百五十キログラムを超えるもの（以下「重被牽引車」という。）に限る。以下この条において同じ。）であつて…
Open this provision(Abandonment Penalty)
The chief of a police station may have an officer check whether there is any vehicle in a case found to have been parked illegally…
警察署長は、警察官等に、違法駐車と認められる場合における車両（軽車両にあつては、牽引されるための構造及び装置を有し、かつ、車両総重量（道路運送車両法第四十条第三号の車両総重量をいう。）が七百五十キログラムを超えるもの（以下「重被牽引車」という。）に限る。以下この条において同じ。）であつて…
Open this provision(Measures against Illegal Parking)
If unable to issue an order pursuant to paragraph (1) in a case as referred to in that paragraph (1) because the driver or other responsible person is not at the scene…
第一項の場合において、現場に当該車両の運転者等がいないために、当該運転者等に対して同項の規定による命令をすることができないときは、警察官等は、道路における交通の危険を防止し、又は交通の円滑を図るため必要な限度において、当該車両の駐車の方法の変更その他必要な措置をとり…
Open this provision(Measures against Illegal Parking)
If an officer wishes to move a vehicle pursuant to the preceding paragraph but there is no place on the road to which it can be moved that is within 50 meters of where it is parked…
前項の規定により車両の移動をしようとする場合において、当該車両が駐車している場所からの距離が五十メートルを超えない範囲の地域内の道路上に当該車両を移動する場所がないときは、警察官等は、当該車両が駐車している場所を管轄する警察署長にその旨を報告しなければならない。
Open this provision(Measures against Illegal Parking)
Upon receiving a report as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the chief of the police station may move a vehicle to a parking spot, open space, place on a road other than as prescribed in…
前項の報告を受けた警察署長は、駐車場、空地、第三項に規定する場所以外の道路上の場所その他の場所に当該車両を移動することができる。
Open this provision(Prohibition against Stopping and Parking)
A motor vehicle (including a vehicle with the necessary structure and equipment to allow them to be towed by a motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must not be stopped or…
自動車（これにより牽引されるための構造及び装置を有する車両を含む。以下この条において同じ。）は、高速自動車国道等においては、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。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる場合においては、この限りでない。
Open this provision(Prohibition against Stopping and Parking)
A motor vehicle (including a vehicle with the necessary structure and equipment to allow them to be towed by a motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must not be stopped or…
自動車（これにより牽引されるための構造及び装置を有する車両を含む。以下この条において同じ。）は、高速自動車国道等においては、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。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる場合においては、この限りでない。
Open this provisionside strip
「路側帯」
A strip of road along the edge of a road without a sidewalk, or along the side of a road that has none, marked off by road markings (道路標示) for pedestrian traffic or to keep the roadway effective.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii-4)· 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
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
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
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)
abandoned vehiclemachine translation
「放置車両」
An illegally parked vehicle — among light vehicles (軽車両), only a heavy towable vehicle (重被牽引車) — that its driver has left so that it cannot be driven away at once.
Short name set inArticle 51-4, paragraph (1)
national expressway or limited highway
「高速自動車国道等」
A national expressway (高速自動車国道) or a limited highway (自動車専用道路).
Short name set inArticle 75-3, paragraph (1)