# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十一条の四の二 (Article 71-4-2)

- 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: 第七十一条の四の二 (Article 71-4-2)（自動運行装置を備えている自動車の運転者の遵守事項等） — address `art-71-4-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2
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### 第七十一条の四の二（自動運行装置を備えている自動車の運転者の遵守事項等） — Rules to Be Observed by Drivers of Motor Vehicles Equipped with an Automated Operation Device, and Related Matters
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-71-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2</sup>

  **第一項**  自動運行装置を備えている自動車の運転者は、当該自動運行装置に係る使用条件を満たさない場合においては、当該自動運行装置を使用して当該自動車を運転してはならない。
  <sup>art-71-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-1</sup>
  The driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an automated operation device must not drive that motor vehicle using that automated operation device in the case where the conditions of use for that automated operation device are not satisfied.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  自動運行装置を備えている自動車の運転者が当該自動運行装置を使用して当該自動車を運転する場合において、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、当該運転者については、第七十一条第五号の五の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-71-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2</sup>
  In the case where the driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an automated operation device drives that motor vehicle using that automated operation device, if all of the following items apply, Article 71, item (v)-5 does not apply to that driver.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  当該自動車が整備不良車両に該当しないこと。
    <sup>art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the motor vehicle is not an improperly maintained vehicle;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  当該自動運行装置に係る使用条件を満たしていること。
    <sup>art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the conditions of use for that automated operation device are satisfied; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  当該運転者が、前二号のいずれかに該当しなくなつた場合において、直ちに、そのことを認知するとともに、当該自動運行装置以外の当該自動車の装置を確実に操作することができる状態にあること。
    <sup>art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the driver is in a state of being able, in the case where either of the preceding two items ceases to apply, to immediately recognize that fact and reliably operate the devices of that motor vehicle other than that automated operation device.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-71-4-2/par-2: 第七十一条第五号の五 → 道路交通法 第七十一条第一項第五号の五 (Article 71, paragraph (1), item (v-5)), art-71/par-1/item-5-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71/par-1/item-5-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71/par-1/item-5-5
- art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の四の二第二項第一号 (Article 71-4-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-1
- art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の四の二第二項第二号 (Article 71-4-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-2

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路交通法 第六十二条第一項（整備不良車両の運転の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-62/par-1
- 道路交通法 第七十一条の四の二第二項第三号（自動運行装置を備えている自動車の運転者の遵守事項等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-4-2/par-2/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百十九条第一項第十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119/par-1/item-16

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## 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