# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（最高速度） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-22 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十二条（最高速度） — (Maximum Speed Limits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-22 **第一項** 車両は、道路標識等によりその最高速度が指定されている道路においてはその最高速度を、その他の道路においては政令で定める最高速度をこえる速度で進行してはならない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-22/par-1 A vehicle must not exceed the posted maximum speed limit when traveling on a road where a maximum speed limit is specified by road signs or markings, and must not exceed the maximum speed limit prescribed by Cabinet Order when traveling on any other road. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 路面電車又はトロリーバスは、軌道法（大正十年法律第七十六号）第十四条（同法第三十一条において準用する場合を含む。第六十二条において同じ。）の規定に基づく命令で定める最高速度をこえない範囲内で道路標識等によりその最高速度が指定されている道路においてはその最高速度を、その他の道路においては当該命令で定める最高速度をこえる速度で進行してはならない。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-22/par-2 A streetcar or trolleybus must not exceed the posted maximum speed limit when traveling on a road where a maximum speed limit below that which has been prescribed by an order based on Article 14 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31 of that Act; the same applies in Article 62) of the Railway Track Act (Act No. 76 of 1921) is specified by road signs or markings, and must not exceed the maximum speed limit prescribed by such an order on any other road. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-2: 軌道法（大正十年法律第七十六号）第十四条 → e-Gov law 210AC0000000076, 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — not held in this collection - art-22/par-2: 同法第三十一条 → e-Gov law 210AC0000000076, 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — not held in this collection - art-22/par-2: 第六十二条 → 道路交通法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-62 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 第二条第一項第四号イ（危険運転致死傷） — https://japanlaw.org/en/dangerous-driving-act/art-2/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-4/sub-1 - 道路交通法 第二十一条第一項（軌道敷内の通行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-21/par-1 - 道路交通法 第二十二条の二第一項（最高速度違反行為に係る車両の使用者に対する指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-22-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第二十七条第一項（他の車両に追いつかれた車両の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-27/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十一条第二項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41/par-2 - 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第二号（自動車の使用者の義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百十条の二第三項（特定の交通の規制等の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-110-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-110-2/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百十八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-118/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13