Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 111
ts. (10) An inside rearview mirror referred to in subsection (7), if situated in the head impact area, shall, when the reflective surface of the mirror is subjected to a force of 400 N (90 pounds) in any direction that is not more than 45° from the forward longitudinal direction, deflect, collapse or break away without leaving sharp edges. (11) An outside rearview mirror shall be installed on the driver’s side of every passenger car and three-wheeled vehicle in such a manner as to provide the driver with a field of view to the rear on a level road surface that (a) may be partially obscured by the rear body or fender contours; (b) extends to the horizon; and (c) includes a line measuring 2.5 m (8 feet) perpendicular to and outboard from the vertical longitudinal plane tangent to the driver’s side of the vehicle at its widest part, at a point 10.6 m (35 feet) behind the eyes of the driver seated with the driver’s seat in the rearmost position. (12) For the purposes of subsections (7), (9) and (11), the field of view to the rear of the driver shall be evaluated by using (a) the location of the driver’s eye reference points for the 95th percentile tangential cut-off specified in SAE Recommended Practice J941a, Passenger Car Driver’s Eye Range (August 1967); or (b) the driver’s eye reference points at a nominal location appropriate for any 95th percentile adult male driver. Motorcycles (13) Every motorcycle shall have, mounted on each side so that the horizontal centre of each reflective surface of the mirror is at least 280 mm (11 inches) outward from the longitudinal centreline of the motorcycle, (a) a rearview mirror with not less than 80 cm 2 (12.5 square inches) of reflective surface area; or (b) a convex rearview mirror with not less than 64.5 cm 2 (10 square inches) of reflective surface area and an average radius of curvature that is not less than 510 mm (20 inches) and not greater than 1 800 mm (71.5 inches). (13.1) As an alternative to the rearview mirrors required by subsection (13), a motorcycle may be equipped with rearview mirrors that conform to paragraph 16 of United Nations Regulation No. 81, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Rear-view Mirrors of Two-wheeled Power-driven Vehicles with or without Side Car, with Regard to the Installation of Rear-view Mirrors on Handlebars (United Nations Regulation No. 81), as amended by any amendment prior to the 01 series of amendments. (13.2) Despite paragraph 16.2.1 of United Nations Regulation No. 81, all two-wheeled vehicles with a maximum speed of 50 km/h or less shall be equipped with two rearview mirrors. (13.3) For the purposes of subsections (13.1) and (13.2), a reference in United Nations Regulation No. 81 to “two-wheeled vehicle” or “three-wheeled vehicle” is to be read as a reference to “motorcycle”, and a reference to “maximum designed speed” is to be read as a reference to “maximum speed”. School Buses General (14) For the purposes of subsections (16) to (25), a driver’s eye position shall be represented by the left and right eye points as defined in SAE Recommended Practice J1050, Describing and Measuring the Driver’s Field of View (August 1994), and shall be at any place within the area defined by a 95th percentile eyellipse in accordance with SAE Recommended Practice J941, Motor Vehicle Drivers’ Eye Locations (June 1997), with the following adaptations: (a) a 50/50 male-to-female ratio must be used for the male/female mix; and (b) heel point referred to in that Recommended Practice and in other documents referenced in that Recommended Practice means the accelerator heel point (AHP) as defined in section 3.16.1 of SAE Recommended Practice J1100, Motor Vehicle Dimensions (February 2001), and the position of the heel point is that determined by the manufacturer. (c) [Repealed, SOR/2008-72, s. 2] (15) For the purposes of subsections (16) to (25), (a) cylinders A, D and E shall be 0.305 m (1 foot) high and 0.305 m (1 foot) in diameter; (b) cylinders B and C