Section 1 Driver Responsibilities
第一節 運転者の義務
It is prohibited for any person to drive a motor vehicle or ride a general motorized bicycle without being licensed to drive by a public safety commission as under Article 84, paragraph (1) (this includes if the person's driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)).
It is prohibited for any person to provide a person who is likely to drive a motor vehicle or ride a general motorized bicycle in violation of the preceding paragraph with a motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle.
It is prohibited for any person who knows that the driver of a motor vehicle (other than a motor vehicle used for passenger motor carrier services as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Road Transportation Act (hereinafter simply referred to as "passenger motor carrier services") while it is in service; and other than any other motor vehicles that Cabinet Order prescribes; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) or general motorized bicycle has not been licensed by a public safety commission as under Article 84, paragraph (1) (this includes if the driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)) to demand or request that the driver transport that person by driving that motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle, and then get into or onto a motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle that the driver will drive in violation of paragraph (1) together with the driver.
何人も、自動車(道路運送法第二条第三項に規定する旅客自動車運送事業(以下単に「旅客自動車運送事業」という。)の用に供する自動車で当該業務に従事中のものその他の政令で定める自動車を除く。以下この項において同じ。)又は一般原動機付自転車の運転者が第八十四条第一項の規定による公安委員会の運転免許を受けていないこと(第九十条第五項、第百三条第一項若しくは第四項、第百三条の二第一項、第百四条の二の三第一項若しくは第三項又は同条第五項において準用する第百三条第四項の規定により運転免許の効力が停止されていることを含む。)を知りながら、当該運転者に対し、当該自動車又は一般原動機付自転車を運転して自己を運送することを要求し、又は依頼して、当該運転者が第一項の規定に違反して運転する自動車又は一般原動機付自転車に同乗してはならない。
第六十四条の二(十六歳未満の者による特定小型原動機付自転車の運転等の禁止)
A person under 16 years of age must not drive a specified small motorized bicycle.
十六歳未満の者は、特定小型原動機付自転車を運転してはならない。
It is prohibited for any person to provide a person who is likely to drive a specified small motorized bicycle in violation of the preceding paragraph with a specified small motorized bicycle.
何人も、前項の規定に違反して特定小型原動機付自転車を運転することとなるおそれがある者に対し、特定小型原動機付自転車を提供してはならない。
It is prohibited for any person to drive a vehicle or streetcar while under the influence of alcohol.
It is prohibited for any person to provide a vehicle or streetcar to a person under the influence of alcohol who is likely to drive it in violation of the preceding paragraph.
It is prohibited for any person to provide an alcoholic beverage to or encourage the consumption of alcohol by a person who is likely to drive a vehicle or streetcar in violation of paragraph (1).
It is prohibited for any person to demand or request that a driver transport that person in a vehicle (other than a trolleybus or motor vehicle used for passenger motor carrier services that is in service at the time, or any other motor vehicle that Cabinet Order prescribes; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (vi) and Article 117-3-2, item (iii)) with the knowledge that the driver is under the influence of alcohol, and then get into a vehicle that the driver is driving in violation of paragraph (1) together with the driver.
何人も、車両(トロリーバス及び旅客自動車運送事業の用に供する自動車で当該業務に従事中のものその他の政令で定める自動車を除く。以下この項、第百十七条の二の二第一項第六号及び第百十七条の三の二第三号において同じ。)の運転者が酒気を帯びていることを知りながら、当該運転者に対し、当該車両を運転して自己を運送することを要求し、又は依頼して、当該運転者が第一項の規定に違反して運転する車両に同乗してはならない。
It is prohibited for any person to drive a vehicle or streetcar while in a state in which overwork, illness, the influence of drugs, or any other circumstances is likely to make the person unable to drive safely, beyond as provided in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Inability to drive safely because the person is
Article 66-2Issuing Instructions to Users of Vehicles Being Driven While the Driver Is Overworked
第六十六条の二(過労運転に係る車両の使用者に対する指示)
If a driver violates the preceding Article by driving a vehicle while in a state in which overwork is likely to make the driver unable to drive safely (hereinafter referred to as "driving while overworked" in this Article and Article 75-2, paragraph (1)) in connection with the services of the user of the vehicle (other than the selfsame driver of the vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), and the user of the vehicle that the driver has driven while overworked is found not to be undertaking the necessary operational management to prevent drivers from driving while overworked in that vehicle, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the vehicle's base of operations may instruct the user of the vehicle to give its drivers directions or advice so that they will not drive while overworked, and may instruct the user to take other necessary measures to prevent drivers from driving while overworked.
車両の運転者が前条の規定に違反して過労により正常な運転ができないおそれがある状態で車両を運転する行為(以下この条及び第七十五条の二第一項において「過労運転」という。)を当該車両の使用者(当該車両の運転者であるものを除く。以下この条において同じ。)の業務に関してした場合において、当該過労運転に係る車両の使用者が当該車両につき過労運転を防止するため必要な運行の管理を行つていると認められないときは、当該車両の使用の本拠の位置を管轄する公安委員会は、当該車両の使用者に対し、過労運転が行われることのないよう運転者に指導し又は助言することその他過労運転を防止するため必要な措置をとることを指示することができる。
Article 22-2, paragraph (2) applies mutatis mutandis to instructions given pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
第二十二条の二第二項の規定は、前項の規定による指示について準用する。
Article 67Hazard Prevention Measures
第六十七条(危険防止の措置)
On finding that the driver of a vehicle or streetcar is driving the vehicle or streetcar in violation of Article 64, paragraph (1), Article 65, paragraph (1), Article 66, Article 71-4, paragraphs (4) through (7) or Article 85, paragraphs (5) through (7) (other than item (ii)), a police officer may stop the vehicle or streetcar and demand that the driver present a driver's license as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) or an international driving permit or foreign driver's license as referred to in Article 107-2.
Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the driver of a vehicle or streetcar, in driving a vehicle or streetcar, violates this Act (other than Article 64, paragraph (1), Article 65, paragraph (1), Article 66, Article 71-4, paragraphs (4) through (7) and Article 85, paragraphs (5) through (7) (other than item (ii))), an order under this Act, or a measure under this Act; or causes injury or death to a person or damage to object with a moving vehicle or streetcar (hereinafter this is referred to as causing a "traffic accident"), and a police officer finds it to be necessary to do so in order to determine whether it would be appropriate to allow the driver to continue driving the vehicle or streetcar, the police officer may demand that the driver present a driver's license as referred to in Article 92, paragraph (1) or an international driving permit or foreign driver's license as referred to in Article 107-2.
前項に定めるもののほか、警察官は、車両等の運転者が車両等の運転に関しこの法律(第六十四条第一項、第六十五条第一項、第六十六条、第七十一条の四第四項から第七項まで及び第八十五条第五項から第七項(第二号を除く。)までを除く。)若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定若しくはこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反し、又は車両等の交通による人の死傷若しくは物の損壊(以下「交通事故」という。)を起こした場合において、当該車両等の運転者に引き続き当該車両等を運転させることができるかどうかを確認するため必要があると認めるときは、当該車両等の運転者に対し、第九十二条第一項の運転免許証又は第百七条の二の国際運転免許証若しくは外国運転免許証の提示を求めることができる。
If it is found to be likely that a person who is inside of or about to enter a vehicle or streetcar will drive the vehicle or streetcar in violation of Article 65, paragraph (1), a police officer may test that person's breath pursuant to Cabinet Order to determine the level of alcohol in the person's system, in connection with the measures under the following paragraph.
In a case as referred to in one of the preceding three paragraphs, if the driver of the vehicle or streetcar is likely to drive the vehicle or streetcar in violation of Article 64, paragraph (1), Article 64-2, paragraph (1), Article 65, paragraph (1), Article 66, Article 71-4, paragraphs (4) through (7) or Article 85, paragraphs (5) through (7) (other than item (ii)), a police officer may take the necessary stop-gap measures to prevent a road traffic hazard, such as instructing the driver not to drive the vehicle or streetcar until the driver is in a state that allows normal driving.
前三項の場合において、当該車両等の運転者が第六十四条第一項、第六十四条の二第一項、第六十五条第一項、第六十六条、第七十一条の四第四項から第七項まで又は第八十五条第五項から第七項(第二号を除く。)までの規定に違反して車両等を運転するおそれがあるときは、警察官は、その者が正常な運転ができる状態になるまで車両等の運転をしてはならない旨を指示する等道路における交通の危険を防止するため必要な応急の措置をとることができる。
第六十八条(共同危険行為等の禁止)
When the drivers and riders of any combination of at least one motor vehicle and at least one motorized bicycle are traveling down a road two or more in a row or abreast of each other, they must not act in concert in a way that gives rise to a serious road traffic hazard or causes a serious nuisance to others.
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削除
Article 70Safe Driving Obligation
第七十条(安全運転の義務)
The driver of a vehicle or streetcar must work the vehicle's or streetcar's steering wheel, brakes, and other equipment in a consistent manner, and must drive at a speed and in a manner that poses no hazard to others in consideration of road conditions, traffic conditions, and the condition of the vehicle or streetcar.