GAR | WP.29/AC.3/37

WP.29/AC.3/37

Authorization to develop amendments to GTR No. 3

Source(s)

Italy

Date

17 Dec 2013

Status

Request for mandate

Subject

GTR No. 3 Motorcycle Brakes

Meeting(s)

WP.29 | Session 162 | 11-14 Mar 2014

Agenda item 17.2. GTR No. 3 (Motorcycle braking)

The proposed amendments would:

a) clarify possible confusion in the interpretation of the terms “inoperative” and “disconnected”;
b) update requirements for combined braking systems;
c) introduce the “K-method”; and
d) introduce the concept of a representative vehicle based on the
provisions of Regulation No. 13-H.

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Excerpts from session reports

GRRF | Session 75 | 17-19 Sep 2013

22. The expert from IMMA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/33 on behalf of the sponsor, Italy. He added that this document was amended by GRRF-75-32. The proposal received some comments. The expert from India presented GRRF-75-28 and noted that IMMA had considered their comments in GRRF-75-32. GRRF agreed to revisit this subject at its next session on the basis of a revised document. GRRF noted that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/128 may need revision to reflect the progress made by GRRF. The expert from Italy volunteered to prepare the revised document, if necessary.

WP.29 | Session 161 | 12-15 Nov 2013

96. The representative of Italy introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/128, requesting the authorization for developing amendments to UN Regulation No. 3, taking into consideration (i) the state of the art technologies on Combined Braking Systems (CBS), (ii) a new K-method for the determination of the Peak Braking Coefficient (PBC) and (iii) the option of a representative vehicle for testing. AC.3 agreed to develop such an amendment to UN GTR No. 3 and requested the secretariat to prepare, on the basis of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/128, an AC.3 document for transmission to GRRF.