# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十四条の三 (Article 74-3) - 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: 第七十四条の三 (Article 74-3)（安全運転管理者等） — address `art-74-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十四条の三（安全運転管理者等） — (Primary and Deputy Driving Safety Supervisors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-74-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3 **第一項** 自動車の使用者（道路運送法の規定による自動車運送事業者（貨物自動車運送事業法（平成元年法律第八十三号）の規定による貨物軽自動車運送事業を経営する者を除く。以下同じ。）、貨物利用運送事業法の規定による第二種貨物利用運送事業を経営する者及び道路運送法第七十九条の規定による登録を受けた者を除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、内閣府令で定める台数以上の自動車の使用の本拠ごとに、年齢、自動車の運転の管理の経験その他について内閣府令で定める要件を備える者のうちから、次項の業務を行う者として、安全運転管理者を選任しなければならない。 art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-1 A motor vehicle user (excluding a motor carrier under the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951) (excluding a person who operates a light motor vehicle cargo transportation business under the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act (Act No. 83 of 1989); the same applies hereinafter), a person who operates a Type II consigned freight forwarding business under the Consigned Freight Forwarding Business Act, and a person who has received registration under Article 79 of the Road Transportation Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must, for each base of use of not less than the number of motor vehicles that Cabinet Office Order prescribes, appoint a driving safety supervisor, as the person to perform the duties referred to in the following paragraph, from among persons who satisfy the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes with respect to age, experience in the management of motor vehicle driving, and other matters. machine translation, not official **第二項** 安全運転管理者は、自動車の安全な運転を確保するために必要な当該使用者の業務に従事する運転者に対して行う交通安全教育その他自動車の安全な運転に必要な業務（自動車の装置の整備に関する業務を除く。第七十五条の二の二第一項において同じ。）で内閣府令で定めるものを行わなければならない。 art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-2 A driving safety supervisor must provide drivers engaged in the business activities of the user with the necessary traffic safety education to ensure that they drive motor vehicles safely, and undertake the necessary duties that Cabinet Office Order prescribes so that motor vehicles are driven safely (other than duties involved in the maintenance of motor vehicle equipment; the same applies in paragraph (1) of Article 75-2-2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の交通安全教育は、第百八条の二十八第一項の交通安全教育指針に従つて行わなければならない。 art-74-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-3 The traffic safety education referred to in the preceding paragraph must be provided in accordance with the traffic safety education guidelines referred to in Article 108-28, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 自動車の使用者は、安全運転管理者の業務を補助させるため、内閣府令で定める台数以上の自動車を使用する本拠ごとに、年齢、自動車の運転の経験その他について内閣府令で定める要件を備える者のうちから、内閣府令で定めるところにより、副安全運転管理者を選任しなければならない。 art-74-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-4 For each place serving as the base of operations for not less than the number of motor vehicles that Cabinet Office Order prescribes, a motor vehicle user must appoint a deputy driving safety supervisor, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, as a person to support the duties of the driving safety supervisor, from among those who meet the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes with respect to age, experience in motor vehicle driving, and other particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 自動車の使用者は、安全運転管理者又は副安全運転管理者（以下「安全運転管理者等」という。）を選任したときは、選任した日から十五日以内に、内閣府令で定める事項を当該自動車の使用の本拠の位置を管轄する公安委員会に届け出なければならない。これを解任したときも、同様とする。 art-74-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-5 Within 15 days of appointing a driving safety supervisor or deputy driving safety supervisor (hereinafter referred to as a "primary or deputy driving safety supervisor"), a motor vehicle user must file the information that Cabinet Office Order prescribes with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the motor vehicles' base of operations. The same applies if the user dismisses a primary or deputy driving safety supervisor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 公安委員会は、安全運転管理者等が第一項若しくは第四項の内閣府令で定める要件を備えないこととなつたとき、又は安全運転管理者が第二項の規定を遵守していないため自動車の安全な運転が確保されていないと認めるときは、自動車の使用者に対し、当該安全運転管理者等の解任を命ずることができる。 art-74-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-6 If a primary or deputy driving safety supervisor no longer meets one of the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes which is referred to in paragraph (1) or (4) or if the public safety commission finds that the driving safety supervisor has not ensured that the relevant motor vehicles will be driven safely because the supervisor has failed to observe paragraph (2), the public safety commission may order the motor vehicle user to dismiss the relevant primary or deputy driving safety supervisor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 自動車の使用者は、安全運転管理者に対し、第二項の業務を行うため必要な権限を与えるとともに、同項の業務を行うため必要な機材を整備しなければならない。 art-74-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-7 A motor vehicle user must grant its driving safety supervisor the necessary authority to perform the duties referred to in paragraph (2), and must also provide the equipment necessary to perform the duties referred to in that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第八項** 公安委員会は、自動車の使用者が前項の規定を遵守していないため自動車の安全な運転が確保されていないと認めるときは、自動車の使用者に対し、その是正のために必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-74-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-8 When a public safety commission finds that safe driving of motor vehicles is not ensured because a motor vehicle user has failed to comply with the preceding paragraph, it may order the motor vehicle user to take the measures necessary to correct the situation. machine translation, not official **第九項** 自動車の使用者は、公安委員会からその選任に係る安全運転管理者等について第百八条の二第一項第一号に掲げる講習を行う旨の通知を受けたときは、当該安全運転管理者等に当該講習を受けさせなければならない。 art-74-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-9 If a motor vehicle user is notified by a public safety commission that it will hold the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (i) for primary or deputy driving safety supervisors appointed by the user, the user must have its primary or deputy driving safety supervisor undergo that training. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74-3/par-1: 道路運送法第七十九条 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — not held in this collection - art-74-3/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三 (Article 74-3), art-74-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3 - art-74-3/par-1: 次項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第二項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (2)), art-74-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-2 - art-74-3/par-2: 第七十五条の二の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二の二第一項 (Article 75-2-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-2-2/par-1 - art-74-3/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第二項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (2)), art-74-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-2 - art-74-3/par-3: 第百八条の二十八第一項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第一項 (Article 108-28, paragraph (1)), art-108-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1 - art-74-3/par-6: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第一項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (1)), art-74-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-1 - art-74-3/par-6: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第四項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (4)), art-74-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-4 - art-74-3/par-6: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第二項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (2)), art-74-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-2 - art-74-3/par-7: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第二項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (2)), art-74-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-2 - art-74-3/par-8: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第七項 (Article 74-3, paragraph (7)), art-74-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-7 - art-74-3/par-9: 第百八条の二第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二第一項第一号 (Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-108-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-2/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十四条第三項（車両等の使用者の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74/par-3 - 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第一項（安全運転管理者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第三項（安全運転管理者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-3 - 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第六項（安全運転管理者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-6 - 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第七項（安全運転管理者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-7 - 道路交通法 第七十四条の三第八項（安全運転管理者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-8 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-2/item-3 --- ## 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-20261013T074321-005, 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