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Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 126
126 (1) Every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck and bus with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less must conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 126, Electronic Stability Control Systems for Light Vehicles (TSD 126), as amended from time to time. (2) Instead of conforming to the requirements of subsection (1), every passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck and bus with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less, may comply with the requirements set out in Annex 9 of United Nations Regulation No. 13H, Uniform provisions concerning the approval of passenger cars with regard to braking , as amended by any amendment prior to the 01 series of amendments, with the following adaptations: (a) paragraph 3.3.1 of that Annex is to be read as allowing the lateral displacement to only be calculated using the double integration formula; (b) paragraph 3.5.1.1 of that Annex is to be read as requiring that the additional gear reduction be of at least 2.0; (c) paragraph 4.1.1 of that Annex is to be read as requiring the ambient temperature to be between 7°C and 40°C; (d) paragraph 4.2.2.2 of that Annex does not apply; and (e) the tires referred to in paragraph 4.3.3 of that Annex shall be the tires installed on the vehicle before it is sold to the first retail purchaser. SOR/2013-55, s. 1; SOR/2014-307, s. 11; SOR/2017-57, s. 4; SOR/2017-104, s. 6
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 131
131 (0.1) This section applies to school buses other than multifunction school activity buses. Stop Signals (1) Every school bus must be equipped with one or two stop signal arms that conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 131, School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices (TSD 131), as amended from time to time. (2) The word “ ARRÊT ” may appear instead of, or together with, the word “STOP” in the manner specified with respect to the word “STOP” in S5.2.2 of TSD 131. Image Recording System (3) If the school bus is equipped with a system that is intended to record images of a vehicle that is passing the school bus when the red signal warning lamps referred to in Table I-a of Technical Standards Document No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment are activated, the system must (a) be placed in a manner that allows the system to record images of the vehicle’s rear licence plate; (b) record the images automatically; and (c) operate in temperatures from −40°C to 40°C. (4) Whether or not the school bus is equipped with the system referred to in subsection (3), a label, as shown in Figure 1, must be permanently affixed to the school bus so that the label is readily visible to a driver who is behind the school bus. Figure 1 White rectangle with black border, text, lines and symbols. At the top of the rectangle above a horizontal line: a triangle with an exclamation mark centered in it and, to the right of the triangle, the word “ATTENTION”. Below the horizontal line: a camera to the left of a vertical line and, to the right of the vertical line, in brackets, the words “Bilingual statement warning that this school bus may be equipped with a camera”. Transitional Provision (5) Until November 1, 2027, a school bus referred to in subsection (0.1) may conform to the requirements of this section as it read on the day before the day on which this subsection comes into force. SOR/96-366, s. 9; SOR/2001-116, s. 2; SOR/2005-42, ss. 5, 6; SOR/2009-79, s. 3; SOR/2011-238, s. 3; SOR/2014-307, s. 12; SOR/2015-23, s. 4 SOR/2024-239, s. 6
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 135
135 (1) Every passenger car, every three-wheeled vehicle and every multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck and bus with a GVWR of 3 500 kg or less shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 135, Light Vehicle Brake Systems (TSD 135), as amended from time to time. (2) The statement set out in S5.4.3 of TSD 135 may be replaced by another statement to the same effect. (3) A brake warning indicator referred to in S5.5.5 of TSD 135 shall, when activated due to a condition set out in S5.5.1 of TSD 135, display the identification symbol set out in the table to section 101 of this Schedule that corresponds to that condition, but if the vehicle is fitted with a single common brake warning indicator, the indicator shall display the identification symbol for a brake system malfunction set out in the table to section 101 of this Schedule. (4) The word “car” used in S6.3.6 and S6.3.7 of the English version of TSD 135 shall be read as “vehicle”. (5) to (7) [Repealed, SOR/2015-24, s. 6] SOR/97-200, s. 5; SOR/99-357, s. 5; SOR/2001-35, s. 6; SOR/2003-272, s. 20; SOR/2005-42. s. 13; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2008-104, s. 15; SOR/2009-79, s. 4; SOR/2009-318, s. 19(F); SOR/2011-238, s. 3; SOR/2015-24, s. 6
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 136
136 (1) Subject to subsection (2), truck tractors and buses referred to in S3 of the standard set out in subpart 136, part 571, chapter V, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States (FMVSS 136), must comply with the requirements of that standard, as amended from time to time. However, (a) the definition of over-the-road bus set out in the standard does not apply; (b) the terms perimeter-seating bus and transit bus in the standard have the meaning as in subsection 2(1) of these Regulations; (c) the electronic stability control system malfunction tell-tale for vehicles subject to CMVSS 136 must be identified by the symbol set out in the table to section 101 of this Schedule or by the abbreviation “ESC”; and (d) “National Highway Traffic Safety Administration” in the standard is to be read as “Transport Canada”. (2) Despite FMVSS 136, subsection (1) applies to school buses. (3) This section applies to vehicles manufactured on or after the dates set out in FMVSS 136. SOR/2017-104, s. 7
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 141
141 (1) Every hybrid or electric passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck, bus and low-speed vehicle with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less shall conform to (a) the requirements set out in paragraph 6 of Regulation No 138 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations, entitled Uniform provisions concerning the approval of Quiet Road Transport Vehicles with regard to their reduced audibility , as amended from time to time, and shall be tested in accordance with the conditions and test procedures set out in Annex 3 of that Regulation, as amended from time to time; or (b) the requirements set out in provision S5 of section 571.141, subpart B, part 571, chapter V, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States, entitled Standard No. 141; Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles , as amended from time to time, and shall be tested in accordance with the conditions and test procedures set out in provisions S6 and S7 of that section, as amended from time to time. (2) For the purposes of paragraphs 1(a) and (b), paragraph 2 of Regulation No 138 and provision S4 of Standard No. 141 , as amended from time to time, apply to the interpretation of those documents, respectively. SOR/2022-254, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 201
 in an instrument panel, console, seatback or side panel adjacent to an outboard designated seating position shall remain closed when (a) the interior compartment door latch system is tested by being subjected to a force equal to an inertia load of 10 g in a horizontal transverse direction and an inertia load of 10 g in a vertical direction, in accordance with SAE Recommended Practice, “Passenger Car Side Door Latch Systems — SAE J839” (July 1982); (b) one of the following tests is conducted, namely, (i) the vehicle is tested by being impacted perpendicularly into a fixed collision barrier at a forward longitudinal velocity of 48 km/h (30 miles per hour), or (ii) the interior compartment door latch system is tested by being subjected to a force equal to a horizontal inertia load of 30 g in a longitudinal direction, in accordance with SAE Recommended Practice, “Passenger Car Side Door Latch Systems — SAE J839” (July 1982); and (c) the instrument panel or seatback is tested in accordance with subsection (3) or (4), as the case may be. (6) [Repealed, SOR/92-689, s. 1] (7) All interior compartment door assemblies that have a locking device shall be tested with the locking device in an unlocked position. (8) A sun visor shall be provided at each front outboard designated seating position on every vehicle and shall be constructed of, or covered with, energy absorbing material and so mounted that each mounting shall not have a rigid material edge with a radius of less than 3 mm (0.125 inch) that is statically contactable by a spherical head form with a diameter of 165 mm (6.5 inches). (9) Each arm-rest installed on a vehicle, other than an arm-rest referred to in subsection (10), shall meet at least one of the following performance requirements: (a) be constructed of energy absorbing material that collapses laterally at least 50 mm (2 inches) without permitting contact with any underlying rigid material; (b) be constructed (i) of energy absorbing material that collapses to within 32 mm (1.25 inches) of a rigid test panel surface without permitting contact with any rigid material, and (ii) so that the vertical height of any rigid material between 13 mm (0.5 inches) and 32 mm (1.25 inches) from the panel surface is not less than 25 mm (1 inch); and (c) when measured vertically in side elevation, provide at least 50 mm (2 inches) of coverage within the pelvic impact area along not less than 50 mm (2 inches) of its length. (10) Each arm-rest that folds into the seat back or between two seat backs of a vehicle shall (a) comply with subsection (9); or (b) be constructed of or covered with energy absorbing material. SOR/83-138, s. 2; SOR/86-453, s. 2; SOR/92-689, s. 1; SOR/94-374, s. 5(F); SOR/94-692, s. 2(F); SOR/97-447, s. 4; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E)
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — (a)
head impact area means the non-glazed surfaces of the interior of the vehicle that are capable of being contacted statically by the head form of a measuring device in accordance with the following procedure or its graphic equivalent: (a) at each designated seating position, by placing the pivot point of the measuring device, (i) for seats that are adjustable fore and aft, at (A) the seating reference point, and (B) a point 130 mm (five inches) horizontally forward of the seating reference point displaced vertically 20 mm (0.75 inches) or a distance equal to the rise that results from a 130 mm (five inches) forward adjustment of the seat, and (ii) for seats that are not adjustable fore and aft, at the seating reference point, (b) with the pivot point to top-of-head dimension at each adjustment allowed for the measuring device by the interior dimension of the vehicle, by determining all contact points above the lower windshield glass line and forward of the seating reference point, and (c) beginning with the head form of the measuring device at each contact point referred to in paragraph (b) and with the measuring device in a vertical position if no contact point exists for a particular adjusted length, by pivoting the measuring device forward and downward through all arcs in vertical planes to 90° each side of the longitudinal plane through the seating reference point until the head form contacts an interior surface or until it is tangent to a horizontal plane 25 mm (1 inch) above the seating reference point, whichever occurs first; ( zone d’impact de la tête )
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interior compartment door means any door in the interior of a vehicle installed by the manufacturer as a cover for storage space normally used for personal effects; ( porte de compartiment intérieur )
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measuring device means a device having a spherical head form with a diameter of 165 mm (6.5 inches) attached to a pivot, with the distance between the pivot point and the top of the head form being adjustable at any point between 740 mm (29 inches) and 840 mm (33 inches); ( appareil de mesure )
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — (a)
pelvic impact area means that area of the door or body side panel adjacent to any outboard designated seating position that is bounded by: (a) horizontal planes 180 mm (seven inches) above and 100 mm (four inches) below the seating reference point, and (b) vertical transverse planes 200 mm (eight inches) forward and 50 mm (two inches) rearward of the seating reference point. ( zone d’impact pelvienne )
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 202
202 Every multi-purpose passenger vehicle, bus or truck with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less, every passenger car and every three-wheeled vehicle shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 202, Head Restraints (TSD 202), as amended from time to time. SOR/95-60, s. 2; SOR/2003-272, s. 21; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2007-180, s. 11; SOR/2008-72, s. 4(F); SOR/2009-122, s. 1; SOR/2014-82, s. 5; SOR/2014-307, s. 13
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 203
203 (1) The steering control system of a vehicle shall be constructed in such a manner that no component or attachment — including any horn actuating mechanism — is capable, during normal driving manoeuvres, of catching the driver’s clothing or the driver’s jewellery, such as a watch, a ring or a bracelet other than a bracelet with loosely attached or dangling members. (2) Subject to subsection (4), the steering control system of every passenger car and three-wheeled vehicle and every multi-purpose passenger vehicle, bus and truck — other than a walk-in van — with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less shall be tested in accordance with SAE Recommended Practice J944, Steering Control System — Passenger Car — Laboratory Test Procedure (June 1980). (3) The following requirements with respect to the steering control system shall be met during the test referred to in subsection (2): (a) the system shall be impacted by a body block at a relative velocity of 24 km/h; (b) the impact force developed on the chest of the body block and transmitted to the system shall not exceed 11 120 N, except for intervals with a cumulative duration of not more than 3 ms. (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a vehicle that conforms to the requirements of S5 and S14 of Technical Standards Document No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection (TSD 208), as amended from time to time. (5) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 14] SOR/79-719, s. 2; SOR/83-138, s. 3; SOR/90-387, s. 3; SOR/94-291, s. 4; SOR/94-692, s. 2; SOR/97-201, s. 5; SOR/97-421, s. 17; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2009-121, s. 2; SOR/2013-9, s. 3; SOR/2014-307, s. 14
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 204
204 (1) Every passenger car and three-wheeled vehicle, and every truck, bus and multi-purpose passenger vehicle — other than a walk-in van — with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less and an unloaded vehicle mass of 2 495 kg or less, shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 204, Steering Control Rearward Displacement (TSD 204), as amended from time to time. (2) For the purposes of this section, the words passenger car used in TSD 204 mean passenger car and three-wheeled vehicle . (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a vehicle that conforms to the requirements of S5 and S14 of Technical Standards Document No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection (TSD 208), as amended from time to time. (4) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 15] SOR/80-440, s. 2; SOR/83-138, s. 4; SOR/90-387, s. 1; SOR/94-692, s. 2(F); SOR/97-201, s. 5; SOR/97-421, s. 22(F); SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2008-72, s. 5; SOR/2009-121, s. 2; SOR/2013-9, s. 4; SOR/2014-307, s. 15
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 206
206 (1) Every bus with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less, enclosed motorcycle, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle, passenger car and truck that is equipped with side doors or back doors shall be so equipped in accordance with either (a) the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 206, Door Locks and Door Retention Components (TSD 206), as amended from time to time; or (b) the general requirements, performance requirements and test procedures set out in United Nations Regulation No. 11, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicles with regard to Door Latches and Door Retention Components (United Nations Regulation No. 11), as amended from time to time by any amendment in the 03 or 04 series of amendments. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6.3.2 of United Nations Regulation No. 11, the locking device shall be the device referred to in paragraph 6.3.2.1(a) or (b) of that Regulation. (3) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 16] SOR/97-14, s. 2; SOR/2001-116, s. 3; SOR/2002-55, s. 21; SOR/2003-272, s. 23; SOR/2005-42, ss. 7, 8; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2008-73, s. 3; SOR/2009-34, s. 1; SOR/2013-220, s. 2; SOR/2014-307, s. 16; SOR/2017-57, ss. 6, 8
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 207
207 (1) Every passenger car, three-wheeled vehicle, truck, bus and multi-purpose passenger vehicle shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 207, Anchorage of Seats (TSD 207), as amended from time to time. (2) The label referred to in S4.4 of TSD 207 shall be in both official languages. (3) In the case of a truck or multi-purpose passenger vehicle with a GVWR greater than 4 536 kg or a motor home, a seat that is labelled in accordance with S4.4 of TSD 207 is not considered to be a designated seating position. (4) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 17] SOR/2011-264, s. 5; SOR/2014-307, s. 17; SOR/2016-318, s. 9
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 208
of a right front outboard designated seating position with an air bag that can be deactivated by means of a manual cut-off switch, (i) a warning not to install an infant restraint system or a rear-facing child restraint system in that designated seating position unless the air bag is deactivated, and (ii) a warning about the safety of children around air bags; and (b) in all other cases, a warning about the safety of children around air bags. Transitional Provision (26) Until September 1, 2020, buses may conform to the applicable requirements of this section as it read on the day before the day on which this subsection came into force. SOR/78-80, s. 2; SOR/80-782, s. 2; SOR/87-578, s. 2; SOR/90-387, s. 3; SOR/93-5, s. 4; SOR/97-201, s. 5; SOR/97-447, s. 5; SOR/98-125, s. 6; SOR/98-524, s. 4(F); SOR/2002-55, s. 17; SOR/2003-272, s. 24; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2007-180, s. 12; SOR/2008-72, s. 6; SOR/2008-104, s. 16(F); SOR/2013-9, ss. 5, 6; SOR/2014-307, s. 18; SOR/2016-318, s. 10; SOR/2018-143-2, s. 4
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 210
210 (1) The following seat belt anchorages must be installed in a designated seating position in respect of which a seat belt assembly has been installed under section 208: (a) if a Type 1 seat belt assembly has been installed, seat belt anchorages for a pelvic restraint; or (b) if a Type 2 seat belt assembly has been installed, seat belt anchorages for a combination pelvic and upper torso restraint. (2) The seat belt anchorages set out in subsection (1) and the owner’s manual for three-wheeled vehicles, passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, buses other than a school bus, and trucks with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less must conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 210, Seat Belt Anchorages (TSD 210), as amended from time to time. (3) Only the strength test requirement set out in S4.2 of TSD 210 applies to enclosed motorcycles. Transitional Provision (4) Until September 1, 2020, the seat belt anchorages referred to in subsection (1) and the owner’s manuals referred to in subsection (2) may conform to the requirements of this section as it read on the day before the day on which this subsection came into force. SOR/90-588, s. 3; SOR/93-5, s. 5; SOR/97-447, s. 7; SOR/2003-57, ss. 1, 3(F), 4(F); SOR/2003-272, s. 25; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2007-180, s. 14; SOR/2008-72, s. 7; SOR/2011-264, s. 6; SOR/2018-143-2, s. 5
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 210.1
acent Designated Seating Positions for Use in Simultaneous Testing Diagram showing Measurement of Distance Between Adjacent Designated Seating Positions for Use in Simultaneous Testing with measurements and descriptions Legend: d = centre to centre distance between the bars of a lower universal anchorage system for a given seating position (nominal distance of 280 mm) D = distance between vertical longitudinal planes located midway between the bars of a lower universal anchorage system for a given seating position SgRP = seating reference point Notes: 1 Drawing not to scale 2 The midpoint of a designated seating position lies in the vertical longitudinal plane that is equidistant from the vertical longitudinal planes through the geometric centre of each of the two bars of the lower universal anchorage system installed at the seating position. For those designated seating positions that do not have the lower universal anchorage system bars, the midpoint of a designated seating position lies in the vertical longitudinal plane that passes through the SgRP of the seating position 3 The distance shall be measured between the vertical longitudinal planes passing through the midpoints of adjacent designated seating positions along a line perpendicular to the planes SOR/86-975, s. 2; SOR/92-545, s. 5; SOR/94-669, s. 3; SOR/95-536, s. 7; SOR/98-457, s. 3; SOR/2000-44, ss. 1 to 3; SOR/2002-205, s. 3; SOR/2003-272, s. 26; SOR/2006-94, ss. 2, 4(E); SOR/2007-180, s. 15; SOR/2008-72, s. 8; SOR/2013-117, s. 8
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Figures 8 to 11 [Repealed, SOR/2008-72, s. 8]
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Figures 17 and 18 [Repealed, SOR/2002-205, s. 3]
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 212
212 (1) Every passenger car, other than a forward control configuration vehicle or an open-body type vehicle with a fold-down or removable windshield, shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 212, Windshield Mounting (TSD 212), as amended from time to time. (2) Every truck, bus and multi-purpose passenger vehicle with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less, other than a walk-in van, a forward control configuration vehicle or an open-body type vehicle with a fold-down or removable windshield, shall conform to the requirements of TSD 212, as amended from time to time. (3) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 19] SOR/80-282, s. 3; SOR/82-274, s. 1; SOR/90-387, s. 2(F); SOR/93-5, s. 6; SOR/94-692, s. 2(F); SOR/95-536, s. 7(F); SOR/97-201, s. 5; SOR/97-421, ss. 17, 22(F); SOR/2003-57, s. 2; SOR/2008-72, s. 10(F); SOR/2009-121, s. 3; SOR/2013-9, s. 7; SOR/2014-307, s. 19
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 213 to 213.3
213 to 213.3 [Repealed, SOR/98-160, s. 3]