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the information signal needs to be present sufficiently early anyway. Experimental data shows that some turn manoeuvres of heavy vehicles, especially when turning into a narrow street, require a counter-turn that starts approximately 15 m before entering that street, so the test procedure included in this Regulation requires the information signal to be activated 15 m before the expected collision point.
0.7. This regulation allows the technical services to test other, more or less random, parameter combinations that are not laid down in the table 1 in Appendix 1. It is anticipated that the systems will be more robust, but it makes the test procedure also more complex:
 To be able to appropriately analyze the pass or fail of the system according to the requirements in paragraph 5, annex 3 is included to calculate pass and fail values. There could, however, be contradicting requirements where an information signal is not allowed for one test case, but is required for another, in the exact same relative positions of bicycle and vehicle, but for different assumed turn radii and impact positions (which are not detectable by the system at the points of information).
 Therefore, the evaluation of the criterium "first point of information" is not carried out for these kinds of tests; it shall be considered sufficient if the false information test (traffic sign) is passed."
1.  Scope
1.1. This Regulation applies to the blind spot information system of vehicles of  categories N2, N3, M2 and M3.
1.2. The requirements of this Regulation are so worded as to apply to vehicles which are developed for right-hand traffic. In vehicles that are developed for left-hand traffic, these requirements shall be applied by inverting the criteria, when appropriate.
2.  Definitions
              For the purposes of this Regulation:

2.1. "Approval of a vehicle type" means the full procedure whereby a Contracting Party to the Agreement certifies that a vehicle type meets the technical requirements of this Regulation;
2.2. "Vehicle type with regard to its Blind Spot Information System" means a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
 (a) The manufacturer's trade name or mark;
 (b) Vehicle features which significantly influence the performances of the Blind Spot Information System;
 (c) The type and design of the Blind Spot Information System.
2.3. "Blind Spot Information System (BSIS)" means a system to inform the driver of a possible collision with a bicycle near side.
2.4. "Reaction time" means the time between the information signal is given and a driver reaction has occurred.
2.5.  "Ocular reference point" means the middle point between two points 65 mm apart and 635 mm vertically above the reference point which is specified in Annex 1 of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.6[1] on the