# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十五条の十一 (Article 75-11) - 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: 第七十五条の十一 (Article 75-11)（故障等の場合の措置） — address `art-75-11` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-11 - 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. --- ### 第七十五条の十一（故障等の場合の措置） — (Measures for Malfunctions and Other Such Circumstances) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-75-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-11 **第一項** 自動車の運転者は、故障その他の理由により本線車道若しくはこれに接する加速車線、減速車線若しくは登坂車線（以下「本線車道等」という。）又はこれらに接する路肩若しくは路側帯において当該自動車を運転することができなくなつたときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該自動車が故障その他の理由により停止しているものであることを表示しなければならない。 art-75-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-11/par-1 If, due to a malfunction or other such circumstance, the driver of a motor vehicle has become unable to drive that motor vehicle on a main roadway or in an acceleration lane, deceleration lane, or climbing lane adjoining a main roadway (hereinafter referred to as the "main roadway or adjoining lane"), or on a shoulder or side strip adjoining a main roadway or adjoining lane, the driver must indicate that the motor vehicle is stopped due to a malfunction or other such circumstance, pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 自動車の運転者は、故障その他の理由により本線車道等において運転することができなくなつたときは、速やかに当該自動車を本線車道等以外の場所に移動するため必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-75-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-11/par-2 If, due to a malfunction or other such circumstance, the driver of a motor vehicle has become unable to drive that motor vehicle on a main roadway or adjoining lane, the driver must promptly take the necessary measures to relocate the motor vehicle to a place other than the main roadway or adjoining lane. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十四第一項（特定自動運行の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-24/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第十三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-13 --- ## 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