# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2) - 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: 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2)（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — address `art-17-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2 - 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. --- ### 第十七条の二（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — Riding Specified Small Motorized Bicycles under the Special Exception on Sidewalks caption: machine translation, not official art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2 **第一項** 特定小型原動機付自転車のうち、次の各号のいずれにも該当するもので、他の車両を牽引していないもの（遠隔操作により通行させることができるものを除く。以下この条及び次条において「特例特定小型原動機付自転車」という。）は、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、道路標識等により特例特定小型原動機付自転車が歩道を通行することができることとされているときは、当該歩道を通行することができる。ただし、警察官等が歩行者の安全を確保するため必要があると認めて当該歩道を通行してはならない旨を指示したときは、この限りでない。 art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1 Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, among specified small motorized bicycles, one that falls under all of the following items and is not towing another vehicle (excluding one that can be made to travel by remote operation; referred to as a "specified small motorized bicycle under the special exception" in this Article and the following Article) may travel on a sidewalk where road signs or markings provide that a specified small motorized bicycle under the special exception may travel on a sidewalk; provided, however, that this does not apply where an officer, finding it necessary to ensure the safety of pedestrians, has instructed that the sidewalk must not be used. machine translation, not official **一** 歩道等を通行する間、当該特定小型原動機付自転車が歩道等を通行することができるものであることを内閣府令で定める方法により表示していること。 art-17-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 while it is traveling on a sidewalk or side strip, it displays, by the method that Cabinet Office Order prescribes, the fact that the specified small motorized bicycle is one that may travel on a sidewalk or side strip; machine translation, not official **二** 前号の規定による表示をしている場合においては、車体の構造上、歩道等における歩行者の通行を妨げるおそれのない速度として内閣府令で定める速度を超える速度を出すことができないものであること。 art-17-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 when the display under the preceding item is being made, it is one that, due to the structure of its body, cannot attain a speed exceeding the speed that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as a speed at which there is no risk of hindering pedestrians from proceeding on a sidewalk or side strip; machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に規定するもののほか、車体の構造が歩道等における歩行者の通行を妨げるおそれのないものとして内閣府令で定める基準に該当すること。 art-17-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-3 in addition to what is prescribed in the preceding two items, it satisfies the criteria that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as being of a body structure not likely to hinder pedestrians from proceeding on a sidewalk or side strip. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合において、特例特定小型原動機付自転車は、当該歩道の中央から車道寄りの部分（普通自転車通行指定部分があるときは、当該普通自転車通行指定部分）を徐行しなければならず、また、特例特定小型原動機付自転車の進行が歩行者の通行を妨げることとなるときは、一時停止しなければならない。ただし、普通自転車通行指定部分については、当該普通自転車通行指定部分を通行し、又は通行しようとする歩行者がないときは、歩道の状況に応じた安全な速度と方法で進行することができる。 art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a specified small motorized bicycle under the special exception must drive at reduced speed on the part of the sidewalk between the center and the roadway (or, if there is a part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles, on that part), and must come to a stop if its progress would prevent pedestrians from proceeding; provided, however, that, as regards the part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles, if there are no pedestrians proceeding down or about to enter that part, the bicycle may travel down it at a safe speed and in a safe manner, in keeping with sidewalk conditions. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-17-2/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2), art-17-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2 - art-17-2/par-1: 次条 → 道路交通法 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3), art-17-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-3 - art-17-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17/par-1 - art-17-2/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項第一号 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 - art-17-2/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項第一号 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-1 - art-17-2/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項第二号 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 - art-17-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1)), art-17-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第十条第三項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-3 - 道路交通法 第十七条第一項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項第二号（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第十七条の二第一項第三号（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-1/item-3 - 道路交通法 第十七条の二第二項（特例特定小型原動機付自転車の歩道通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百十条の二第三項（特定の交通の規制等の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-110-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-110-2/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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