Working Party on General Safety | Session 123 | 28 Mar-1 Apr 2022
Geneva
Agenda Item 4. (e)
UN Regulation No. XXX (VRU in Front and Side Close Proximity)

24. The expert from Japan introduced, through presentation (GRSG-123-17), the new draft UN Regulation on awareness of VRU-Proxi who are in the front and lateral side proximity of vehicles (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/6 and GRSG-123-18 amending it).

25. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/6 as amended by annex VI to the report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as the draft new UN Regulation No. XXX (VRU in Front and Side Close Proximity) to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2022 sessions. The expert from EC welcomed the proposal and clarified that this new UN Regulation would not become mandatory in the European Union in the near future, but most likely in a farther future.

26. GRSG agreed to consider a proposal of amendment (supplement/new series of amendments) at its October 2022 session, announced by the expert of the Russian Federation, to the new UN Regulation No. XXX (VRU in Front and Side Close Proximity).

Documentation
GRSG-123-17 Explanation of the proposal for a new UN Regulation on light vehicle driver awareness of close-proximity VRU (Japan)
GRSG-123-18 M1/N1 close-proximity VRU safety: Proposal to correct document GRSG/2022/6
GRSG/2022/6 Proposal for new regulation (Driver’s Awareness of Vulnerable Road Users in Close- Proximity to the Front and Lateral Sides of Vehicles)