# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十五条の六 (Article 15-6)
- 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: 第十五条の六 (Article 15-6)（遠隔操作型小型車の使用者に対する指示） — address `art-15-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-15-6
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### 第十五条の六（遠隔操作型小型車の使用者に対する指示） — Instructions to Users of Remotely Operated Small Vehicles
caption: machine translation, not official
art-15-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-15-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-6
**第一項** 公安委員会は、遠隔操作型小型車の使用者又はその使用する者が遠隔操作型小型車の遠隔操作による道路における通行に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反した場合において、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るため必要があると認めるときは、当該遠隔操作型小型車の使用者に対し、遠隔操作型小型車の遠隔操作による道路における通行に関し必要な措置をとるべきこと（措置をとるまでの間、遠隔操作型小型車の遠隔操作による道路の通行を停止させることを含む。）を指示することができる。
art-15-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-15-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-6/par-1
When a user of a remotely operated small vehicle or a person who is employed by the user has violated this Act, an order under this Act, or a disposition under a provision of this Act in connection with travel on roads by remote operation of remotely operated small vehicles, and the public safety commission finds it necessary to prevent hazards on roads and otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic, it may instruct the user of that remotely operated small vehicle to take the necessary measures concerning travel on roads by remote operation of remotely operated small vehicles (including suspending travel on roads by remote operation of remotely operated small vehicles until the measures are taken).
machine translation, not official
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-2/par-1/item-2
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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-20261013T074321-003, 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