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the "ESC Off" tell-tale, and this is illuminated;
7.2.1.2.                        Clause 5.5.3;
7.2.1.3.                        Clause 6.3.1., where the ESC system must be enabled for all testing, except where otherwise specified in the text;
7.2.1.4.                        Clause 6.3.2., where the fuel tank need only be filled to at least 75 per cent of capacity;
7.2.1.5.                        Clause 6.3.4., where outriggers may be used for vehicles with a Static Stability Factor (SSF) > 1.25;
7.2.1.6.                        Clause 6.3.4, where the vehicle mass may be the mass of the vehicle, fully fuelled, with a 73 kg driver; and
7.2.1.7.                        Clause 7.10.2., where the vehicle test speed need not be achieved within 30 seconds of starting the engine and more than one brake application may be made.

APPENDIX A

Agreement

Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions[*]
(Revision 2, including the amendments which entered into force on 16 October 1995)

Addendum 139 – Regulation No. 140

Incorporating by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development all valid text up to:

00 series of amendments - Date of entry into force: 22 January 2017

Uniform provisions concerning the approval of passenger cars with regard to Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Systems
Regulation No. 140
  Uniform provisions concerning the approval of passenger cars with regard to Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Systems
Contents

   Page

Regulation

 1. Scope.............................................. 9

 2. Definitions........................................... 9

 3. Application for approval.................................. 10

 4. Approval ........................................... 11

 5. General requirements ................................... 12

 6. Functional requirements ................................. 13

 7. Performance requirements ................................ 13

 8. Test conditions ....................................... 17

 9. Test procedure........................................ 19

 10. Modification of vehicle type or ESC system and extension of approval... 23

 11. Conformity of production................................. 23

 12. Penalties for non-conformity of production...................... 24

 13. Production definitively discontinued.......................... 24

        14.  Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests,
       and of Type Approval Authorities........................... 24

Annexes

 1 Communication....................................... 25

 2 Arrangements of approval marks............................ 27

 3 Use of the dynamic stability simulation........................ 28

 4 Dynamic stability simulation tool and its validation ................ 29

 5 Vehicle stability function simulation tool test report................ 31

  1.  Scope
1.1. This Regulation applies to the approval of vehicles of category M1 and N1[1]  with regard to their electronic stability control system.
1.2 This Regulation does not cover:
1.2.1. vehicles with a design speed not exceeding 25 km/h;
1.2.2. vehicles fitted for invalid drivers.
  2.  Definitions
 For the purposes of this Regulation,
2.1. "Approval of a vehicle" means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to electronic stability control.
2.2. "Vehicle type" means a category of vehicles which do not