# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十五条の八の二 (Article 75-8-2) - 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: 第七十五条の八の二 (Article 75-8-2)（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — address `art-75-8-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2 - 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. --- ### 第七十五条の八の二（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — (Traffic Distribution for Motor Vehicles Towing Heavy Towable Vehicles) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-75-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2 **第一項** 牽引するための構造及び装置を有する大型自動車、中型自動車、準中型自動車、普通自動車又は大型特殊自動車（以下「牽引自動車」という。）で重被牽引車を牽引しているものが車両通行帯の設けられた自動車専用道路（次項に規定するものに限る。）又は高速自動車国道の本線車道を通行する場合における当該牽引自動車の通行の区分については、第二十条の規定は、適用しない。この場合においては、次項から第四項までの規定に定めるところによる。 art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-1 Article 20 does not apply to lanes for standard, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, large, and special large motor vehicles with the structure and equipment for towing (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle equipped for towing") that are towing heavy towable vehicles, when the motor vehicle equipped for towing is traveling on the main roadway of a limited highway (but only one as prescribed in the following paragraph) or national expressway with vehicle traffic lanes. In such a case, the following paragraph through paragraph (4) applies Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の牽引自動車は、車両通行帯の設けられた自動車専用道路（道路標識等により指定された区間に限る。）の本線車道においては、当該本線車道の左側端から数えて一番目の車両通行帯を通行しなければならない。 art-75-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-2 On the main roadway of a limited highway with vehicle traffic lanes (but only on sections designated by road signs or markings), a motor vehicle equipped for towing as referred to in the preceding paragraph must travel in the far left-hand vehicle traffic lane. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の牽引自動車は、車両通行帯の設けられた高速自動車国道の本線車道においては、当該本線車道の左側端から数えて一番目の車両通行帯（道路標識等により通行の区分が指定されているときは、当該通行の区分に係る車両通行帯）を通行しなければならない。 art-75-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-3 On the main roadway of a national expressway with vehicle traffic lanes, a motor vehicle equipped for towing as referred to in paragraph (1) must travel in the far left-hand vehicle traffic lane (or in the vehicle traffic lane that is designated by road signs or markings). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の牽引自動車は、第二十三条若しくは第七十五条の四の規定による自動車の最低速度に達しない速度で進行している自動車を追い越すとき、第二十六条の二第三項の規定によりその通行している車両通行帯をそのまま通行するとき、第四十条第二項の規定により一時進路を譲るとき、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、前二項の規定によらないことができる。この場合において、追越しをするときは、その通行している車両通行帯の直近の右側の車両通行帯を通行しなければならない。 art-75-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-4 It is permissible for a motor vehicle equipped for towing as referred to in paragraph (1) not to observe the preceding two paragraphs when passing a motor vehicle traveling at a speed below the minimum speed limit as prescribed in Article 23 or Article 75-4; when continuing to travel in the vehicle traffic lane in which it has been traveling pursuant to Article 26-2, paragraph (3); when temporarily yielding the right-of-way pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (2); or when road conditions or other circumstances compel this. In such a case, the motor vehicle equipped for towing must use the vehicle traffic lane to the immediate right of any motor vehicle it is passing in order to pass that motor vehicle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-75-8-2/par-1: 次項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第二項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (2)), art-75-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-2 - art-75-8-2/par-1: 第二十条 → 道路交通法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20 - art-75-8-2/par-1: 次項から第四項まで → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第三項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (3)), art-75-8-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-3 - art-75-8-2/par-1: 次項から第四項まで → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第四項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (4)), art-75-8-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-4 - art-75-8-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第一項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-1 - art-75-8-2/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第一項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-1 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第一項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-1 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 第二十三条 → 道路交通法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-23 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 第七十五条の四 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の四 (Article 75-4), art-75-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-4 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 第二十六条の二第三項 → 道路交通法 第二十六条の二第三項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (3)), art-26-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-26-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-26-2/par-3 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 第四十条第二項 → 道路交通法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-40/par-2 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第二項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (2)), art-75-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-2 - art-75-8-2/par-4: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第三項 (Article 75-8-2, paragraph (3)), art-75-8-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第一項（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第二項（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第三項（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-3 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の八の二第四項（重被牽引車を牽引する牽引自動車の通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8-2/par-4 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の九第一項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-9/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の九第二項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-9/par-2 - 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