Working Party on General Safety | Session 124 | 11-14 Oct 2022
Geneva

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.

Agenda Item 4. (d)
UN Regulation No. XXX (Vulnerable Road Users Direct Vision)

15. GRSG resumed discussion on this subject based on the proposal tabled by the expert from Spain (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/30), that amended the draft new UN Regulation on VRU Direct Vision (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/140) submitted for consideration and vote at the November 2022 session of AC.1 and WP.29. Moreover, he reiterated that the proposal would clarify that the testing procedure was seen to be independent of the distance between the front axle and the foremost point of the vehicle, and therefore the reference point is the accelerator heel point. He explained a preference to send the proposal directly to the November 2022 session to prevent type approvals being granted on the wrong basis. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/30, not amended. The secretariat was requested to submit ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/140 as amended by ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/30 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/140/Rev.1), for consideration and vote at the November 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

16. GRSG considered GRSG-124-03 on Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) emergency braking at low speed (Urban Emergency Braking System (UEBS) less than 20 km/h for M2, M3, N2 and N3 categories of vehicles). The expert from Germany explained that the proposed ADAS would complement the new UN Regulation, since some vehicles cannot fulfil the requirements of that UN Regulation. GRSG agreed to seek guidance from the Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work of WP.29 (AC.2) at its November 2022 session on the purview/priority of work in relation to the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA).

Documentation
GRSG-124-03 Commercial vehicle direct vision requirements and active VRU safety systems (BASt)
GRSG/2022/30 UN R [XXX] Vulnerable Road Users Proximity: Proposal for an amendment
WP.29/2022/140/Rev.1 Proposal for a New UN Regulation on Motor Vehicles with Regard to their Direct Vision