Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2
ad of a vehicle when the vehicle is not meeting or closely following another vehicle; ( faisceau de route ) upper torso restraint means a portion of a seat belt assembly intended to restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions; ( ceinture-baudrier ) used vehicle [Repealed, SOR/91-425, s. 1] user-ready tether anchorage means a device that transfers the tether strap load from a restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure and that is designed to accept a tether strap hook directly, without requiring the installation of any other device; ( ancrage d’attache prêt à utiliser ) vacuum tubing connector [Repealed, SOR/2007-180, s. 1] variable brake proportioning system means a system that has one or more proportioning devices that automatically change the brake pressure ratio between any two or more wheels to compensate for changes in wheel loading resulting from static load changes or dynamic weight transfer, or from deceleration; ( compensateur de freinage ) variable proportioning brake system [Repealed, SOR/97-200, s. 1] vehicle [Repealed, SOR/95-536, s. 7] vehicle capacity mass [Repealed, SOR/2008-258, s. 1] vehicle fuel tank capacity means (a) the volume of fuel left at the bottom of the tank when the fuel pump of the vehicle can no longer draw fuel from the tank plus (b) the volume of fuel that can be pumped into the tank through the filler pipe when the vehicle is on a level surface and the volume of fuel referred to in paragraph (a) is already in the tank, except that the volume of fuel referred to in paragraph (b) does not include any volume of fuel that can be pumped into the fuel tank filler neck or into the space above the fuel tank filler neck; ( capacité du réservoir de carburant du véhicule ) vehicle identification number means a number consisting of arabic numerals, roman letters, or both that the manufacturer assigns to the vehicle for identification purposes; ( numéro d’identification du véhicule ) vehicle imported temporarily for special purposes means a vehicle imported for a purpose prescribed in section 11.1; ( véhicule importé temporairement à des fins spéciales ) vehicle manufactured for operation by persons with disabilities [Repealed, SOR/2013-9, s. 1] walk-in van means a van type of truck in which a person having a height of 1 700 mm can enter the occupant compartment in an upright position by a front door; ( fourgon à accès en position debout ) weather side [Repealed, SOR/2008-258, s. 1] webbing means a narrow band of fabric woven with continuous filling yarns and finished selvages; ( sangle ) wet ERBP [Repealed, SOR/2007-180, s. 1] wheelchair location means a location in a vehicle that is designed to be used to secure an occupied wheelchair; ( emplacement pour fauteuil roulant ) work vehicle means a vehicle designed primarily for the performance of work in the construction of works of civil engineering and in maintenance, that is not constructed on a truck-chassis or truck-type chassis, but does not include a tractor or any vehicle designed primarily to be drawn behind another vehicle; ( véhicule de travail ) 5th percentile adult female means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 46.3 kg, height of 1499 mm, erect sitting height of 785 mm, normal sitting height of 752 mm, hip sitting breadth of 325 mm, hip sitting circumference of 925 mm, waist sitting circumference of 599 mm, chest depth of 191 mm, bust circumference of 775 mm, chest upper circumference of 757 mm, chest lower circumference of 676 mm, knee height of 455 mm, popliteal height of 356 mm, elbow rest height of 180 mm, thigh clearance height of 104 mm, buttock-to-knee length of 518 mm, buttock-to-poples length of 432 mm, elbow-to-elbow breadth of 312 mm and seat breadth of 312 mm; ( 5 e percentile adulte du sexe féminin ) 50th percentile adult male means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 74.4 kg plus or minus 1.4 kg, erect sitting height of 907 mm