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| Document Title | UN R107: Proposal for Supplement 3 to the 07 series of amendments | ||||||||
| Reference Number | GRSG-114-16 | ||||||||
| Date |
9 Apr 2018
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| Summary | Proposal to enable to approval of vehicles equipped with mechanisms other than platforms intended to assist access by persons with reduced mobility. The purpose is to avoid hindering innovation in offering solutions to persons with reduced mobility. The proposal add "lift" to the examples of possible mechanisms and modifies the language to be less specific in references to "wheelchairs" to address persons with reduced mobility regardless of whether they use a wheelchair. | ||||||||
| Source(s) | Italy | ||||||||
| Rulemaking Area(s) | UN R107 Coach and Bus Construction | ||||||||
| Proposal Status | Superseded | ||||||||
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| GRSG-115-26 | UN R107: Proposal for Supplement 3 to the 07 series of amendments | ||||||||
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| GRSG | Session 114 | 9-13 Apr 2018 |
6. GRSG considered in detail GRSG-114-16, tabled by the expert from Italy, that proposed new provisions for the possible approval of innovative equipment other than a platform to improve the accessibility of people with reduced mobility, particularly on coaches. The expert from the United Kingdom expressed concerns about coaches equipped with such optional equipment. He explained that these vehicles could not be type approved as they would not fulfil the full accessibility requirements of the Regulation e.g. the access of wheelchair users. The expert from Finland supported the position and underlined that such lifts cannot be considered as equivalent equipment to a platform, as the wheelchair user would have to vacate the wheelchair. The expert from Germany underlined that there is no need to type-approve such optional equipment, which could be retrofitted to different types of vehicles. Finally, GRSG agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next session in October 2018 and to keep GRSG-114-16 on the agenda as a reference document. |
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