Proposal from GRSG for a new UN Regulation to establish requirements for the approval of vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 with regard to the driver’s direct vision to reduce blind spots to the greatest extent possible while considering the needs of the specific type of vehicle and its intended use(s).
| Reference Number: | WP.29/2022/140/Rev.1 |
| Meeting Session(s): | 188th WP.29 session (14-16 Nov 2022) |
| Document date: | 14 Oct 22 |
| Document status: | Adopted by WP.29 |
| Regarding: | UN R167 CV Direct Vision |
| Adoption Vote | |
| This proposal (WP.29/2022/140/Rev.1) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-six Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-five voted in favor with zero against and one abstaining. | |
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Proposal to introduce an alternative method for assessment of the frontal visible volume to address future cab designs with narrower distances between A pillars. The current measurement method is dependent on the position of the A pillar. The alternative method is independent of the cab design and would be available for use at the manufacturer’s discretion.
| Reference Number: | WP.29/2024/13 |
| Meeting Session(s): | 192nd WP.29 session (4-8 Mar 2024) |
| Document date: | 21 Dec 23 |
| Document status: | Adopted by WP.29 |
| Regarding: | UN R167 CV Direct Vision |
| Adoption Vote | |
| This proposal (WP.29/2024/13) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-eight Contracting Parties out of the 60 applying UN R167 were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-eight voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining. | |
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Proposal to amend the requirements for the visible volume to the front of the vehicle (relative to the distance between the A-pillars or Inter A-Pillar Distance (IAPD)), to clarify that high capacity vehicles and vehicles with competing objectives do not have to meet the requirement for the Subsection Frontal Visible Volume (SFVV), and to describe how the SFVV should be calculated to take account of the reduced volume for vehicles with narrower cab designs.
| Reference Number: | WP.29/2024/99 |
| Meeting Session(s): | 194th WP.29 session (11-15 Nov 2024) |
| Document date: | 22 Aug 24 |
| Document status: | Adopted by WP.29 |
| Regarding: | UN R167 CV Direct Vision |
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Proposal to update the references to the three-dimensional H-point (3-D “H”-point) measurement and calibration procedure (per the updates and transfer of the device specification from the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) to Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1)).
| Reference Number: | GRSG/2024/26 |
| Submitted by: | Netherlands |
| Meeting Session(s): | 127th GRSG session (15-19 Apr 2024) |
| Document date: | 30 Jan 24 |
| Document status: | Approved by GR |
| Regarding: | UN R167 CV Direct Vision | MR 1: Test devices | RE3: Vehicle Construction |
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Proposal to exempt vehicles of subcategories X and Y (ADS vehicles) from the requirements on UN R167 and to delete the provisions for Unique Identifier markings.
| Reference Number: | GRSG/2025/45 |
| Submitted by: | Netherlands |
| Meeting Session(s): | 130th GRSG session (6-9 Oct) |
| Document date: | 21 Jul 25 |
| Document status: | Formal GR review |
| Regarding: | UN R167 CV Direct Vision | Regulation Screening for ADS |
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