Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2
2 (1) In these Regulations, AATCC means the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists; ( AATCC ) accessory mass [Repealed, SOR/2008-258, s. 1] Act means the Motor Vehicle Safety Act ; ( Loi ) adjacent seat means a designated seating position so located that a portion of its occupant space is not more than 25.4 cm from an emergency exit for a distance of at least 38.1 cm measured horizontally and parallel to the emergency exit; ( siège adjacent ) adjustment hardware means hardware designed for adjusting the size of a seat belt assembly to fit the user, including such hardware as may be integral with a buckle, a retractor or attachment hardware; ( pièces de réglage ) agricultural commodity trailer [Repealed, SOR/99-357, s. 1] aiming reference plane [Repealed, SOR/96-366, s. 1] air bag means an inflatable automatic occupant protection system that may be deployed when a collision occurs; ( sac gonflable ) air brake system means a brake system that uses air as a medium for transmitting pressure or force from the driver control to the service brake, including an air-over-hydraulic brake subsystem, but does not include a system that uses compressed air or vacuum only to assist the driver in applying muscular force to hydraulic or mechanical components; ( système de freinage à air comprimé ) all-terrain vehicle means a wheeled or tracked vehicle, other than a snowmobile or work vehicle, designed primarily for recreational use or for the transportation of property or equipment exclusively on undeveloped road rights of way, marshland, open country or other unprepared surfaces; ( véhicule tout terrain ) ambient temperature means the surrounding air temperature measured at such a distance from a vehicle under test that the temperature is not significantly affected by heat from the vehicle; ( température ambiante ) American compliance label means a label referred to in section 30115, chapter 301, title 49 of the United States Code that is applied to a vehicle by a manufacturer that certifies that the vehicle conforms to the federal laws of the United States that are applicable on the date of manufacture; ( étiquette de conformité américaine ) American specifications vehicle [Repealed, SOR/95-147, s. 1] ANSI means the American National Standards Institute; ( ANSI ) ANS Z26 [Repealed, SOR/94-717, s. 1] ANSI Z26 Safety Code — 1990 means the American National Standard for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Operating on Land Highways — Safety Code , Standard ANSI/SAE Z26.1 — 1990, published November 1990 and reprinted February 1992; ( code de sécurité ANSI Z26 — 1990 ) ANSI Z26 Safety Standard — 1996 means the American National Standard for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Operating on Land Highways — Safety Standard , Standard ANSI/SAE Z26.1-1996, published on August 11,1997; ( norme de sécurité ANSI Z26 — 1996 ) anthropomorphic test device means, except in section 202 of Schedule IV, a representation of a human being used in the measurement of the conditions that a human being would experience in a vehicle when the vehicle is subjected to approved test methods; ( dispositif anthropomorphe d’essai ) antilock brake system or ABS means the portion of a service brake system that automatically controls the degree of rotational wheel slip during braking by (a) sensing the rate of angular rotation of the wheels, (b) transmitting signals regarding the rate of wheel angular rotation to one or more controlling devices that interpret those signals and generate responsive controlling output signals, and (c) transmitting those controlling signals to one or more modulators that adjust brake actuating forces in response to those signals; ( dispositif de frein antiblocage ou ABS ) antilock system [Repealed, SOR/97-200, s. 1] antique reproduction vehicle means a vehicle that is designed to be a scaled reproduction of an antique vehicle and (a) may contain