Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2005L03990:front:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2005L03990
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 7237–10386

CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF VEHICLES WITH REGARD TO THE PROTECTION OF THE OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL COLLISION

CONTENTS

REGULATION

1. Scope  [Not Applicable]
2. Definitions
3. Application for approval  [Not Applicable]
4. Approval  [Not Applicable]
5. Specifications
6. Instructions for users of vehicles equipped with airbags
7. Modification and extension of approval of the vehicle type  [Not Applicable]
8. Conformity of production  [Not Applicable]
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production  [Not Applicable]
10. Production definitely discontinued  [Not Applicable]
11. Transitional provisions  [Not Applicable]
      12.                        Names and addresses of technical services responsible for
      conducting approval tests, and of administrative departments  [Not Applicable]

ANNEXES
        Annex 1  Communication  [Not Applicable]
        Annex 2  Arrangements of the approval mark  [Not Applicable]
        Annex 3  Test procedure
        Annex 4  Determination of performance criteria
        Annex 5  Arrangement and installation of dummies and adjustment of
        restraint systems
        Annex 6  Procedure for determining the "h" point and the actual torso
        angle for seating positions in motor vehicles
        Annex 7  Test procedure with trolley
        Annex 8  Technique of measurement in measurement tests:

         Instrumentation
        Annex 9  Definition of deformable barrier
        Annex 10  Certification procedure for the dummy lower leg and foot

1. SCOPE  [NOT APPLICABLE]
2. DEFINITIONS
 For the purposes of this Regulation:
2.1. "Protective system", means interior fittings and devices intended to restrain the occupants and contribute towards ensuring compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 5 below;
2.2. "Type of protective system", means a category of protective devices which do not differ in such essential respects as:
 Their technology;
 Their geometry;
 Their constituent materials;
2.3. "Vehicle width" means the distance between two planes parallel to the longitudinal median plane (of the vehicle) and touching the vehicle on either side of the said plane but excluding the rear-view mirrors, side marker lamps, tyre pressure indicators, direction indicator lamps, position lamps, flexible mud-guards and the deflected part of the tyre side-walls immediately above the point of contact with the ground;
2.4. "Overlap" means the percentage of the vehicle width directly inline with the barrier face;
2.5. "Deformable barrier face'' means a crushable section mounted on the front of a rigid block;
2.6. "Vehicle type", means a category of power-driven vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
2.6.1. The length and width of the vehicle, in so far as they have a negative effect on the results of the impact test prescribed in this Regulation,
2.6.2. The structure, dimensions, lines and materials of the part of the vehicle forward of the transverse plane through the "R" point of the driver's seat, in so far as they have a negative effect on the results of the impact test prescribed in this Regulation,
2.6.3. The lines and inside