The 124th GRSG session is scheduled to be held in Geneva from 11 October (9.30 a.m. CET) to 14 October (12.30 p.m.) 2022. The deadline for the submission of official documents to the secretariat is 19 July 2022, twelve weeks prior to the session.
3. The expert from Sweden informed GRSG that information on statistical data were not available at this point on an accident involving a M3 Class I vehicle articulated with a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) propulsion system, which had collided with a height restriction portal,
4. The expert from Germany, on behalf of the Chair of the IWG on Safer Transport of Children in Buses and Coaches (IWG-STCBC), introduced a presentation (GRSG-124-26) on the work progress of the IWG to GRSG. He confirmed that the aim of IWG-STCBC was a new UN Regulation on existing systems used in passenger cars, and that in the first phase of this UN Regulation, IWG favoured built-in Child Restraint Systems (CRS) and Enhanced CRS type approved according to UN Regulation No. 129 (ECRS). He also added that CRS in combination with 2-point safety-belts would be considered in a second phase. He finally announced that a proposal would be officially presented by IWG at the May 2023 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP).
5. The Chair of GRSG reiterated his invitation to experts to report on the current activities that consider the specifications of autonomous shuttles. The aim would be the review of the applicability of existing requirements or the creation new categories of these vehicles. The Chair requested to be informed of updates. The expert from the European Commission stated that there were no updates on the ongoing work of autonomous shuttles, and also emphasized the importance of contributions from GRSG experts to advance the work on this subject.