# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十四条 (Article 74) - 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 (Article 74)（車両等の使用者の義務） — address `art-74` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十四条（車両等の使用者の義務） — (Responsibilities of theUsers of Vehicles and Streetcars) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74 **第一項** 車両等の使用者は、その者の業務に関し当該車両等を運転させる場合には、当該車両等の運転者及び安全運転管理者、副安全運転管理者その他当該車両等の運行を直接管理する地位にある者に、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に規定する車両等の安全な運転に関する事項を遵守させるように努めなければならない。 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74/par-1 When allowing persons to drive its vehicles or streetcars in connection with its business activities, a vehicle or streetcar user must endeavor to make the drivers of its vehicles or streetcars, its driving safety supervisors, deputy driving safety supervisors, and other persons in a position to directly manage the operations of its vehicles or streetcars observe the rules that this Act or an Order based on this Act prescribes with respect to vehicle and streetcar driving safety. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 車両の使用者は、当該車両の運転者に、当該車両を運転するに当たつて車両の速度、駐車及び積載並びに運転者の心身の状態に関しこの法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に規定する事項を遵守させるように努めなければならない。 art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74/par-2 The user of a vehicle must endeavor to make the drivers of that vehicle to observe the rules that this Act or an Order based on this Act prescribes with respect to the speed, parking, and loading of vehicles, and the mental and physical condition of drivers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 消防用自動車、救急用自動車その他の政令で定める自動車の使用者（第七十四条の三第一項の規定により安全運転管理者を選任したものを除く。）は、当該自動車の運転者に対し、当該自動車の安全な運転を確保するために必要な交通安全教育を行うように努めなければならない。 art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74/par-3 Theusers of fire-services vehicles, ambulances, and other motor vehicles that Cabinet Order prescribes (other than users that have appointed a driving safety supervisor pursuant to Article 74-3, paragraph (1)) must endeavor to provide the drivers of its motor vehicles with the necessary traffic safety education to ensure that their motor vehicles are driven safely. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74/par-3: 第七十四条の三第一項 → 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/ja/road-traffic-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-74-3/par-1 --- ## 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