# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2) - 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: 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2)（路線バス等優先通行帯） — address `art-20-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十条の二（路線バス等優先通行帯） — (Priority Lanes for Fixed-Route Buses and Other Such Motor Vehicles) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2 **第一項** 道路運送法第九条第一項に規定する一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者による同法第五条第一項第三号に規定する路線定期運行の用に供する自動車その他の政令で定める自動車（以下この条において「路線バス等」という。）の優先通行帯であることが道路標識等により表示されている車両通行帯が設けられている道路においては、自動車（路線バス等を除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、路線バス等が後方から接近してきた場合に当該道路における交通の混雑のため当該車両通行帯から出ることができないこととなるときは、当該車両通行帯を通行してはならず、また、当該車両通行帯を通行している場合において、後方から路線バス等が接近してきたときは、その正常な運行に支障を及ぼさないように、すみやかに当該車両通行帯の外に出なければならない。ただし、この法律の他の規定により通行すべきこととされている道路の部分が当該車両通行帯であるとき、又は道路の状況その他の事情によりやむを得ないときは、この限りでない。 art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2/par-1 On a road with a vehicle traffic lane indicated by road signs or markings to be a priority lane for motor vehicles that a provider of motor carrier services for ride-sharing by general passengers as prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Road Transportation Act make available for scheduled transportation on fixed routes as prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Act or for any other motor vehicle as prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "fixed-route bus or other such motor vehicle"), a motor vehicle (other than a fixed-route bus or other such motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must not proceed down that lane if traffic congestion on the road would render it unable to move out of the lane in the event that a fixed-route bus or other such motor vehicle approached from behind; and if a fixed-route bus or other such motor vehicle approaches from behind when a motor vehicle is proceeding down such a lane, the motor vehicle must promptly move out of the lane so as not to obstruct its regular operation; provided, however, that this does not apply if a motor vehicle is required pursuant to other provisions of this Act to proceed down that lane or if a motor vehicle must proceed down that lane due to road conditions or other compelling circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項本文の規定は、前項の車両通行帯の直近の右側の車両通行帯又は道路の部分を通行する自動車については、適用しない。 art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2/par-2 The main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article does not apply to a motor vehicle proceeding along any vehicle traffic lane or road section that is to the immediate right of the vehicle traffic lane prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20-2/par-1: 道路運送法第九条第一項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-20-2/par-1: 同法第五条第一項第三号 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第五条第一項第三号 (Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-5/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-20-2/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2), art-20-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2 - art-20-2/par-2: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20/par-1 - art-20-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第二十条の二第一項（路線バス等優先通行帯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第二十条の二第二項（路線バス等優先通行帯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第四十一条第一項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十一条第三項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41/par-3 - 道路交通法 第四十一条第四項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13