# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百八条の二十八 (Article 108-28)

- 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: 第百八条の二十八 (Article 108-28)（交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成） — address `art-108-28`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28
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### 第百八条の二十八（交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成） — (Establishment of Traffic Safety Education Guidelines and Rules of the Road)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-108-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28</sup>

**第一項**  国家公安委員会は、道路を通行する者に対する交通安全教育を行う者（公安委員会を除く。）が効果的かつ適切な交通安全教育を行うことができるようにし、及び公安委員会が行う前条の交通安全教育の基準とするため、次に掲げる事項を内容とする交通安全教育に関する指針（以下「交通安全教育指針」という。）を作成し、これを公表するものとする。
<sup>art-108-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1</sup>
The National Public Safety Commission must create and publicize guidelines for traffic safety education consisting of the following points (hereinafter referred to as "traffic safety education guidelines") in order to enable persons (other than public safety commissions) that are involved in traffic safety education for persons using the road to provide effective and appropriate traffic safety education, as well for use as the basis for the traffic safety education referred to in the preceding Article that public safety commissions provide:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  自動車及び原動機付自転車の安全な運転に必要な技能及び知識その他の適正な交通の方法に関する技能及び知識を習得する機会を提供するための交通安全教育の内容及び方法
  <sup>art-108-28/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the details and methods of traffic safety education for providing persons with opportunities to acquire skills and knowledge about correct traffic rules, including the skills and knowledge necessary for the safe driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  交通事故防止に関する知識を習得する機会を提供するための交通安全教育の内容及び方法
  <sup>art-108-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the details and methods of traffic safety education for providing persons with opportunities to acquire knowledge about traffic accident prevention; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、道路を通行する者に対する交通安全教育を効果的かつ適切に行うために必要な事項
  <sup>art-108-28/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the necessary information beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items for effectively and appropriately implementing traffic safety education for persons using the road.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  交通安全教育指針は、道路を通行する者が、交通安全教育に係る学習の機会を通じて、適正な交通の方法及び交通事故防止に関する技能及び知識を自主的に習得する意欲を高めるとともに、その年齢若しくは通行の態様又は業務に関し通行する場合にあつてはその業務の態様に応じたこれらの技能及び知識を段階的かつ体系的に習得することができるように配慮して作成されなければならない。
<sup>art-108-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-2</sup>
Traffic safety education guidelines must be created with consideration to enabling persons using the road to gain a greater willingness to acquire, of their own accord, skills and knowledge about correct traffic rules and traffic accident prevention through learning opportunities involving traffic safety education, as well as with consideration to enabling them to gradually and systematically gain such skills and knowledge in keeping with their ages; the ways in which they use the road; and the business activities of those of them using the road in the course of business.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  国家公安委員会は、第一項の規定により交通安全教育指針を作成しようとする場合には、関係行政機関の長と緊密な協力を図るよう努めなければならない。
<sup>art-108-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-3</sup>
The National Public Safety Commission must endeavor to cooperate closely with the heads of relevant administrative organs in creating the traffic safety education guidelines pursuant to paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  国家公安委員会は、道路を通行する者が適正な交通の方法を容易に理解することができるようにするため、次に掲げる事項を内容とする教則を作成し、これを公表するものとする。
<sup>art-108-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4</sup>
The National Public Safety Commission must create and publicize rules of the road consisting of the following points, in order to enable persons using the road to easily understand correct traffic rules:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  法令で定める道路の交通の方法
  <sup>art-108-28/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-1</sup>
  road traffic rules prescribed by laws and regulations;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図り、又は道路の交通に起因する障害を防止するため、道路を通行する者が励行することが望ましい事項
  <sup>art-108-28/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-2</sup>
  points that the commission wants persons using the road to strictly observe in order to prevent road hazards and ensure the safety and fluidity of road traffic or to prevent problems arising from road traffic; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、自動車の構造その他自動車及び原動機付自転車の運転に必要な知識
  <sup>art-108-28/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-3</sup>
  motor vehicle structure and other knowledge necessary for driving motor vehicles and motorized bicycles, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-108-28/par-1: 前条 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十七 (Article 108-27), art-108-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-27
- art-108-28/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第一項第一号 (Article 108-28, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-108-28/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-1
- art-108-28/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第一項第二号 (Article 108-28, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-108-28/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-2
- art-108-28/par-3: 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/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1
- art-108-28/par-4/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第四項第一号 (Article 108-28, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-108-28/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-1
- art-108-28/par-4/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第四項第二号 (Article 108-28, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-108-28/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 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/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-3
- 道路交通法 第九十七条第三項（運転免許試験の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-3
- 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第一項第三号（交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-1/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第三項（交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-3
- 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第四項第三号（交通安全教育指針及び交通の方法に関する教則の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4/item-3

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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-20261013T074321-013, 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
