Presentation for the December 2011 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety to report on the effort to develop regulatory provisions for rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS), such as Li-Ion batteries of electric vehicles.

Overview of the goals for the proposed overhaul of the regulation on frontal impact occupant protection (UN R94).

German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development review of the work undertaken on ‘rechargeable energy storage systems’ (REESS) towards enhancing UN Regulation 100 on battery electric vehicles.

Overview of the work of the GRPE informal working group established to develop a framework and system for the use of terms, definitions and classifications concerning vehicle propulsion systems in UN regulations.

Presentation summarizing the draft new regulation on the safety of electric motorcycles and other L-category vehicles.

Presentation proposing a requirement for defensive braking on vehicles equipped with ACSF because automated steering may result in driver inattention and therefore require compensating environment monitoring and automatic braking. This type of “protective braking” is viewed as a different order of braking than AEBS given that the principle involves maintaining of distances and avoiding accidents at speed rather than as an emergency or abrupt braking.

Presentation on the concept of a minimum risk maneuver boundaries to define acceptable parameters for system-to-driver transition demands and system responses in cases of where the driver does not react.

Presentation on paragraph 5.6.1.4 of the draft amendment to UN R79 intended to enable the approval of automatically controlled steering functions at speeds above 10 km/h. This paragraph concerns transitions between the human driver and the automated steering system.

Presentation supporting changes proposed by Germany in document ACSF-06-05.

Germany reviews problems with applying UN specifications for the marking of winter tyres, covering disparities in definitions and performance requirements across the tyre regulations (UN R30, R54, R75, R106, R108, R109 and R117). Therefore, Germany proposes that GRRF work to resolve these disparities and offers two possible solutions: 1) Introduce the definition of "Snow tyre for use in severe snow conditions” and the related performance and marking requirements established under UN R109 and R117 into UN R30, R54, R75, R108, and (possibly) R106; 2) Amending UN R117 to extend the scope of its snow performance criteria to additional tyre classes and categories, such as special tyres (POR, MPT), all terrain (AT) tyres, and retreaded tyres for passenger cars.

Proposal to pursue harmonization of reversing alarm requirements through the establishment of a new UN Regulation in order to promote safety and address noise concerns.

Presentation of concerns and possible responses through GRB regarding vehicle noise, especially related to system tampering and vehicle modifications.

Presentation addressing

• 2 Step Initiation (by two deliberate actions)
• Monitoring to the rear and to the side
• Restriction to a designated infrastructure
• Hands On during lane change manouevre

Report of the expert group on agricultural coupling devices and components on the development of a new UN Regulation.