Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00446:reg:6600:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00446
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6600 (pt 2/28)
Character Range: 733026–735704

1, i - 1, i - 1;
                  Gear sequence i - 1, i, i - 2 shall be replaced by:
                  i - 1, i - 1, i - 2;
                  Gear sequence i - 2, i, i - 1 shall be replaced by:
                  i - 2, i - 1, i - 1.
                   If, during acceleration or constant speed phases or transitions from constant speed to acceleration or acceleration to constant speed phases where these phases only contain upshifts, a gear is used for only one second, the gear in the following second shall be corrected to the gear before, so that a gear is used for at least 2 seconds.
                  Examples:
                  Gear sequence 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 shall be replaced by:
                  1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3.
                  Gear sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 shall be replaced by:
                  1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6.
                  This requirement shall not be applied to downshifts during an acceleration phase or if the use of a gear for just one second follows immediately after such a downshift or if the downshift occurs right at the beginning of an acceleration phase. In these cases, the downshifts shall be first corrected according to paragraph 4.(b) of this annex.
                  Example:
                  Gear sequence 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, where the first second or the third second determines the start of an acceleration phase and where paragraph 4.(b) does not apply in the further course of the acceleration phase, shall be replaced by:
                  4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5.
                  However, if the gear at the beginning of an acceleration phase is one step lower than the gear in the previous second and the gears in the following (up to five) seconds are the same as the gear in the previous second but followed by a downshift, so that the application of paragraph 4.(c) would correct them to the same gear as at the beginning of the acceleration phase, the application of paragraph 4.(c) should be performed instead.
                  Example:
                  For a speed trace sequence
                  19.6 18.3 18.0 18.3 18.5 17.9 15.0 km/h
                  with an initial gear use of
                  3 3 2 3 3 2 2,
                  the gears in the fourth and fifth second shall be corrected to a one step lower gear (which would be done by an application of paragraph 4.(c)) instead of a correction of the gear at the beginning of the acceleration phase (second three), so that the correction results in the following gear sequence
                  3 3 2 2 2 2 2
                  Furthermore, if the gear in the first second of an acceleration phase is the same as the gear