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GTR 26 and UN R185: ADS Phase 2 items to be addressed

Document identifies technical and drafting issues in UN R157 and its Global Technical Regulation equivalent requiring clarification or correction. Issues include:

  • Definition of ‘Critical Occurrence’ using logically inconsistent language,
  • Undefined terms like ‘area of operation’,
  • Absence of provisions for reactivation after fault clearance,
  • Incorrect cross-references between paragraphs,
  • Non-standard citations such as ‘ISO 9001 Automotive’,
  • Terminology inconsistencies between ‘alternative format’ and ‘alternative data’,
  • Unclear assessment pathways for user information requirements,
  • Inappropriate use of ‘demonstrate’ by approval authorities,
  • Limited confidentiality scope,
  • Misaligned section headings,
  • Omission of 7.3.3 from safety case references,
  • Interaction issues between reportable occurrence thresholds and systemic categories,
  • Conflicting damage-area taxonomies between templates,
  • Missing template rows,
  • Undefined units and computations,
  • Delta-V criterion applicability to L-category vehicles,
  • Definition inconsistencies regarding vulnerable road user secondary safety systems,
  • Out-of-scope self-certification references,
  • Unspecified regulatory references for data retrievability,
  • Missing remote termination recording,
  • Inconsistent British versus American English spelling variants.

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