Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 17, paragraph (6), Article 18, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 20-2, Article 25, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 25-2, paragraph (2), Article 26-2, paragraph (3), Article 29, Article 30, Article 34, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), Article 35, paragraph (1), and the first sentence of Article 38, paragraph (1) and Article 38, paragraph (3) do not apply to emergency motor vehicles.
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, Article 22 does not apply to an emergency motor vehicle that is bearing down on a vehicle or streetcar violating Article 22.
Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 20-2, and Article 25-2, paragraph (2) do not apply to a motor vehicle engaged exclusively in traffic control that Cabinet Office Order prescribes.
Article 17, paragraphs (4) and (6), Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 20-2, Article 23, and Article 25-2, paragraph (2) do not apply to a motor vehicle designed for road maintenance (meaning a motor vehicle as Cabinet Order prescribes which is used exclusively in works such as the maintenance and repair of roads; the same applies in Article 75-9) when that motor vehicle is being employed in a work such as the maintenance or repair of a road pursuant to Cabinet Order.
When a fire-services vehicle (meaning a vehicle other than a fire truck, which is used in firefighting and is being driven pursuant to Cabinet Order as a part of fire-fighting services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 75-22, paragraph (2)) is approaching an intersection or its vicinity, a vehicle or streetcar (excluding, in the case of a vehicle, emergency motor vehicles and fire-services vehicles) must avoid the intersection and come to a temporary stop.
When a fire-services vehicle is approaching any place other than what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the driver of a vehicle (other than an emergency motor vehicle or another fire-services vehicle) must not prevent the fire-services vehicle from proceeding.
Article 39 applies mutatis mutandis to fire-services vehicles.
Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 17, paragraph (6), Article 18, Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 25, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 25-2, paragraph (2), Article 26-2, paragraph (3), Article 29, Article 30, Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (5), Article 35, paragraph (1), the first sentence of paragraph (1) and the entirety of paragraph (3) of Article 38, and Article 40, paragraph (1), Article 63-6, and Article 63-7 do not apply to fire-services vehicles.
Section 8 Driving at Reduced Speeds and Coming to a Stop
第八節 徐行及び一時停止
The driver of a vehicle or streetcar must drive at a reduced speed when traveling on a part of a road where road signs or markings specify that such a vehicle or streetcar must be driven at a reduced speed, as well as in the following cases:
before entering an intersection with poor visibility on the right or left, or before proceeding through a part of an intersection with poor visibility on the right or left (unless traffic controls are in place at the intersection or unless the vehicle or streetcar is proceeding down a priority road);
Article 43Coming to a Stop at Designated Places
第四十三条（指定場所における一時停止）
If road signs or markings specify that a vehicle or streetcar must come to a stop at or immediately in front of an uncontrolled intersection, the vehicle or streetcar must come to a stop immediately in front of the stop line indicated by road signs or markings (or immediately in front of the intersection, if a stop line is not indicated by road signs or markings). In such a case, the vehicle or streetcar must not obstruct the progress of a vehicle or streetcar traveling down the intersecting road, except in a case falling under Article 36, paragraph (2).
Section 9 Stopping and Parking
第九節 停車及び駐車
Article 44Places Where Stopping or Parking Is Prohibited
第四十四条（停車及び駐車を禁止する場所）
The driver of a vehicle must not stop or park on a part of the road where stopping or parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on any of the following other parts of the road, except when stopping temporarily pursuant to a provision of laws and regulations or an order of a police officer, or in order to prevent a hazard:
in an intersection, pedestrian crossing, bicycle crossing lane, or railroad crossing; on a track bed; in the vicinity of the top of a slope; on a steep slope; or in a tunnel;
within 5 meters of the outside edges of an intersection or a curve in the road;
within the 5 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a pedestrian crossing or bicycle crossing lane;
the part of the road to the left of a safety zone and within the 10 meters in front of and behind that part of the road;
within 10 meters of a signpost or signage for a bus stop or for a trolleybus or streetcar station (but only during the hours of operation of buses, trolleybuses, and streetcars in the transit system of which that stop or station is a part);
within the 10 meters in front of and behind the outside edges of a railroad crossing.
踏切の前後の側端からそれぞれ前後に十メートル以内の部分
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the following cases:
前項の規定は、次に掲げる場合には、適用しない。
when a bus or trolleybus stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a stop or station that is part of its transit system;
when a motor vehicle used for the transport of passengers (excluding a bus; the same applies in Article 49-3, paragraph (1)) stops to load or unload passengers, or parks to adjust its timing so that operations can get back on schedule, at a bus stop or at a trolleybus or streetcar station (limited to stopping or parking at that stop or station that is useful for ensuring passenger transport necessary for the lives of local residents, and as to which a general scheduled passenger motor vehicle transportation business operator prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951), the public safety commission, and other persons that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as persons concerned with that stopping or parking have agreed, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, that there is no hindrance owing to road or traffic conditions, and the public safety commission has issued a public notice to that effect).
旅客の運送の用に供する自動車（乗合自動車を除く。第四十九条の三第一項において同じ。）が、乗合自動車の停留所又はトロリーバス若しくは路面電車の停留場において、乗客の乗降のため停車するとき、又は運行時間を調整するため駐車するとき（当該停留所又は停留場における停車又は駐車であつて、地域住民の生活に必要な旅客輸送を確保するために有用であり、かつ、道路又は交通の状況により支障がないことについて、内閣府令で定めるところにより、道路運送法第九条第一項に規定する一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者、公安委員会その他の当該停車又は駐車に関係のある者として内閣府令で定める者が合意し、その旨を公安委員会が公示したものをする場合に限る。）。
Article 45Places Where Parking Is Prohibited
第四十五条（駐車を禁止する場所）
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.
第四十五条の二（高齢運転者等標章自動車の停車又は駐車の特例）
Notwithstanding Article 44, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a standard motor vehicle that is driven by a person who falls under any of the following items (referred to hereinafter in this paragraph and in the following paragraph as an "elderly or special-needs driver") (but only a standard motor vehicle for which the elderly or special-needs driver has made a filing, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, with the public safety commission having jurisdiction over that driver's domicile) and that, while stopped or parked, displays in an easily visible location on its front the elderly or special-needs driver mark issued to that elderly or special-needs driver pursuant to the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle bearing an elderly or special-needs driver mark") may stop or park, if road signs or markings indicate that stopping or parking is permitted in all or part of a part of the road where stopping and parking are prohibited under Article 44, paragraph (1) or where parking is prohibited under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者（以下この項及び次項において「高齢運転者等」という。）が運転する普通自動車（当該高齢運転者等が内閣府令で定めるところによりその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に届出をしたものに限る。）であつて、当該高齢運転者等が同項の規定により交付を受けた高齢運転者等標章をその停車又は駐車をしている間前面の見やすい箇所に掲示したもの（以下「高齢運転者等標章自動車」という。）は、第四十四条第一項の規定による停車及び駐車を禁止する道路の部分又は前条第一項の規定による駐車を禁止する道路の部分の全部又は一部について、道路標識等により停車又は駐車をすることができることとされているときは、これらの規定にかかわらず、停車し、又は駐車することができる。
a person 70 years of age or older who has been issued a license that covers standard motor vehicles as prescribed in Article 71-5, paragraph (3) (such a license is referred to simply as a "license for a standard motor vehicle" hereinafter in this Article);
第七十一条の五第三項に規定する普通自動車対応免許（以下この条において単に「普通自動車対応免許」という。）を受けた者で七十歳以上のもの
a person as prescribed in Article 71-6, paragraph (2) or (3);
第七十一条の六第二項又は第三項に規定する者
a person other than as set forth in the preceding two items, who has been licensed for a standard motor vehicle and who Cabinet Order provides for as being in need of special consideration as concerns where they are allowed to stop or park a standard motor vehicle driven thereby, because of physical limitations due to pregnancy or other considerations.
At the application of an elderly or special-needs driver, the public safety commission must issue the driver a mark indicating the driver to be an elderly or special-needs driver who drives the standard motor vehicle to which the filing prescribed in the preceding paragraph pertains.
A person who has been issued an elderly or special-needs driver mark may apply to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the domicile thereof for its reissuance if the elderly or special-needs driver mark is lost, damaged, or defaced.
高齢運転者等標章の交付を受けた者は、当該高齢運転者等標章を亡失し、滅失し、汚損し、又は破損したときは、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に高齢運転者等標章の再交付を申請することができる。
A person who has been issued an elderly or special-needs driver mark must promptly return it to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the domicile if the person's license for standard motor vehicles is revoked or ceases to be valid, if the circumstances prescribed in paragraph (1), item (iii) cease to be a factor, or if any other event that Cabinet Office Order prescribes occurs.
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the necessary matters in relation to elderly or special-needs driver marks.
前三項に定めるもののほか、高齢運転者等標章について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
Article 46Special Rules for Places Where Stopping or Parking Is Prohibited
第四十六条（停車又は駐車を禁止する場所の特例）
In addition to what is prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and notwithstanding Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 45, paragraph (1), the driver of a vehicle may stop or park the vehicle partially within a part of the road where stopping and parking are prohibited under Article 44, paragraph (1) or where parking is prohibited under Article 45, paragraph (1), if road signs or markings indicate that stopping or parking is permitted.
Article 47How to Stop and Park
第四十七条（停車又は駐車の方法）
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, when stopping or parking in a place with a side strip adjacent to the left edge of the roadway (other than side strips demarcated with road markings indicating that stopping and parking are prohibited there, and other than side strips as prescribed by Cabinet Order), the driver must bring the vehicle into the side strip pursuant to Cabinet Order, and must position the vehicle so as not to obstruct traffic.
Article 48Special Rules on How to Stop and Park
第四十八条（停車又は駐車の方法の特例）
Notwithstanding the preceding Article, if road signs or markings specify how to stop or park, the driver of a vehicle must stop or park in that way.