# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十一条の四 (Article 71-4) - 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: 第七十一条の四 (Article 71-4)（大型自動二輪車等の運転者の遵守事項） — address `art-71-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条の四（大型自動二輪車等の運転者の遵守事項） — (Rules to Be Observed by Riders of Large Two-Wheeled Vehicles and Other Vehicles) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4 **第一項** 大型自動二輪車又は普通自動二輪車の運転者は、乗車用ヘルメットをかぶらないで大型自動二輪車若しくは普通自動二輪車を運転し、又は乗車用ヘルメットをかぶらない者を乗車させて大型自動二輪車若しくは普通自動二輪車を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-1 A person riding a standard or large motorcycle must not ride that vehicle without wearing a motorcycle helmet, and must not carry a passenger who is not wearing a motorcycle helmet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 一般原動機付自転車の運転者は、乗車用ヘルメットをかぶらないで一般原動機付自転車を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-2 A person riding a general motorized bicycle must not ride that vehicle without wearing a motorcycle helmet. machine translation, not official **第三項** 特定小型原動機付自転車の運転者は、乗車用ヘルメットをかぶるよう努めなければならない。 art-71-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-3 The driver of a specified small motorized bicycle must endeavor to wear a motorcycle helmet. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第八十四条第三項の大型自動二輪車免許を受けた者で、二十歳に満たないもの又は当該大型自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して三年に達しないもの（同項の普通自動二輪車免許を現に受けており、かつ、当該普通自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して三年以上である者その他の者で政令で定めるものを除く。）は、高速自動車国道及び自動車専用道路においては、運転者以外の者を乗車させて大型自動二輪車（側車付きのものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）又は普通自動二輪車（側車付きのものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-4 A person holding a large motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) who is under 20 years of age or who has not held that license for at least three years in total (not counting any period during which it was suspended) (other than a person currently holding a standard motorcycle license as referred to in that paragraph who has held that license for at least three years in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must not carry a passenger while driving a standard or large motorcycle (other than one with a sidecar; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) on a national expressway or limited highway. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第八十四条第三項の普通自動二輪車免許を受けた者（同項の大型自動二輪車免許を現に受けている者を除く。）で、二十歳に満たないもの又は当該普通自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して三年に達しないもの（当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に普通自動二輪車免許を受けていたことがある者その他の者で政令で定めるものを除く。）は、高速自動車国道及び自動車専用道路においては、運転者以外の者を乗車させて普通自動二輪車を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-5 A person holding a standard motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) (other than a person also holding a large motorcycle license as referred to in that paragraph) who is under 20 years of age or who has not held that license for at least three years in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) (other than a person who has held a standard motorcycle license at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the current license and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must not carry a passenger while driving a standard motorcycle on a national expressway or limited highway. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第八十四条第三項の大型自動二輪車免許を受けた者で、当該大型自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達しないもの（同項の普通自動二輪車免許を現に受けており、かつ、当該普通自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年以上である者その他の者で政令で定めるものを除く。）は、運転者以外の者を乗車させて大型自動二輪車又は普通自動二輪車を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-6 A person holding a large motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) who has not held that license for at least one year in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) (other than a person currently holding a standard motorcycle license as referred to in that paragraph who has held that license for at least one year in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must not carry a passenger while driving a standard or large motorcycle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第八十四条第三項の普通自動二輪車免許を受けた者（同項の大型自動二輪車免許を現に受けている者を除く。）で、当該普通自動二輪車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達しないもの（当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に普通自動二輪車免許を受けていたことがある者その他の者で政令で定めるものを除く。）は、運転者以外の者を乗車させて普通自動二輪車を運転してはならない。 art-71-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-7 A person holding a standard motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) (other than a person also holding a large motorcycle license as referred to in that paragraph) who has not held that license for at least one year in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) (other than a person who has held a standard motorcycle license at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the current license and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) must not carry a passenger while driving a standard motorcycle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 第一項及び第二項の乗車用ヘルメットの基準は、内閣府令で定める。 art-71-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-8 Cabinet Office Order provides for the standards for motorcycle helmets as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71-4/par-4: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-4/par-4: この条 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の四 (Article 71-4), art-71-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4 - art-71-4/par-5: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-4/par-6: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-4/par-7: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-4/par-8: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の四第一項 (Article 71-4, paragraph (1)), art-71-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-1 - art-71-4/par-8: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の四第二項 (Article 71-4, paragraph (2)), art-71-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第六十七条第一項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-1 - 道路交通法 第六十七条第二項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-2 - 道路交通法 第六十七条第四項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-4 - 道路交通法 第七十一条の四第四項（大型自動二輪車等の運転者の遵守事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-4 - 道路交通法 第七十一条の四第八項（大型自動二輪車等の運転者の遵守事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4/par-8 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T073427-005, translated 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