Designated vehicles used exclusively for traffic enforcement, such as police patrol cars and motorcycles, are exempt from rules such as the duty to keep to the left side of the road and the marked-lane rules.

パトカーや白バイなど、もっぱら交通の取締りに従事する決められた自動車には、道路の左側に寄って通行する義務（左側寄り通行）や車両通行帯の通行区分などの決まりが適用されない。

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Article 41(3) exempts traffic-enforcement vehicles such as patrol cars and police motorcycles from keeping left (Art. 18(1)), the marked-lane rules (Art. 20(1),(2)) and the route-bus priority lane rule (Art. 20-2).

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３もつぱら交通の取締りに従事する自動車で内閣府令で定めるものについては、第十八条第一項、第二十条第一項及び第二項、第二十条の二並びに第二十五条の二第二項の規定は、適用しない。

Source: Road Traffic Act — 道路交通法第四十一条（緊急自動車等の特例） · Act No.105 of 1960

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Designated vehicles used exclusively for traffic enforcement, such as police patrol cars and motorcycles, are exempt from rules such as the duty to keep to the left side of the road and the marked-lane rules.

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