GAR | GRE/2016/8

Document Number GRE/2016/8

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Document title	Proposal for collective amendments to Regulation No. 48 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices) and Regulation No. 87
Date	21 Jan 2016			Proposal to clarify the requirements with regard to daytime running lamps and direction indicators in order to prevent DRL from masking or otherwise interfering with the visibility of the direction indicator lamps. Germany believes that the current text produces different interpretations with different results that risk degrading vehicle safety.
Source(s)	Germany
Status	Superseded
Rulemaking area(s)	UN R48 Installation of Lighting UN R87 Daytime Running Lamps
Meeting(s)	GRE \| Session 75 \| 5-8 Apr 2016 Agenda item 6. (a) Proposals for amendments to the 05 and 06 series of amendments Agenda item 6. (a) Proposals for amendments to the 05 and 06 series of amendments Agenda item 6. (b) Other proposals for amendments to Regulation No. 48 Agenda item 7. (l) Regulation No. 87 (Daytime running lamps) Agenda item 9. (c) Development of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA)
Related documents
	GRE-73-14		Proposal for Supplement 6 to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48 (Superseded)
	GRE-75-11		Proposal for amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2016/8 (Superseded)
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GRE \| Session 75 \| 5-8 Apr 2016			18. To improve road safety, the expert from Germany proposed to reduce the intensity of a daytime running lamp (DRL) in situations where a direction indicator is activated during the functioning of DRL (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2016/8). The document also proposed amendments to Regulation No. 87. The expert from OICA suggested an alternative wording (GRE-75-11, GRE-75-11-Rev.1). The experts from France, the Netherlands and UK supported the proposal of Germany. The expert from Italy was of the view that the proposal should be accompanied with transitional provisions. GRE decided to continue its deliberations at the next session based on a revised document to be submitted by the expert from Germany. 42. GRE recalled that a proposal by the expert from Germany to improve road safety in situations where a direction indicator is activated during the functioning of a DRL (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2016/8) was addressed under agenda item 6 (a) (see para. 18 above).