Proposal to address semitrailers where the required distance of the foremost side-marker lamp of 3 m from the front cannot be achieved.

Proposal to require wheel attachments with three or more fixing components (nuts or studs) in the scope of the Regulation, to restrict the difference in pitch circle diameter (PCD) of a wheel type comprised of more than two versions, to carry out additional rotating bending tests on each version with a PCD difference to a tested version of more than 6.5 mm, and to establish specifications for comparison of replica wheels with the minimum level of the vehicle manufacturer´s replacement wheels.

Proposal to amend the ALKS UN Regulation provisions to enable approval of systems operating at speeds up to 130 km/h.

Proposal to introduce additional requirements for a lane change functionality.

Proposal to permit the manufacturer to specify its own formula for the calculation of s_critical. The current formula does not take the dynamic behaviour of vehicles into account and therefore requires gaps that under some traffic conditions don’t usually occur. Since there are different ways of addressing the dynamic behaviour of the vehicles with regard to the original formula, this proposal would allow the manufacturer to specify its own formula provided the safety principle is maintained.

Amends 118-03

9. The expert from Spain introduced document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/2, a proposal to amend UN Regulation No. 107 and document GRSG-118-03 containing modifications to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/2.

10. The expert from Germany presented document GRSG-118-30, with modifications to the proposal for UN Regulation No. 107 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/2).

11. GRSG considered ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/2, as amended by GRSG-118-03 and GRSG-118-30 and requested its submission as an official document for consideration at the October 2020 session of GRSG.

12. The expert from France, as Chair of the IWG on BMFE, introduced GRSG-118-04, containing proposed amendments to UN Regulation No. 118.

13. The expert from Germany presented document GRSG-118-31 with proposals for amending document GRSG-118-04.

14. GRSG considered GRSG-118-04, as amended by GRSG-118-31, and requested its submission as an official document for consideration at the October 2020 session of GRSG. The Chair of GRSG invited delegates to submit further comments to be considered for addition to the proposal, if any.

Proposal to introduce requirements for endurance braking systems for vehicles equipped with an electric regenerative endurance braking system. This proposal is an alternative to the text proposed in document GRVA/2020/37.

23. The experts from Germany introduced document GRSG-118-08, the analysis of dooring accidents and a proposal for a corresponding driver assistance system. He introduced German national statistics on accidents related to bicyclists crashing into open doors of parked vehicles, including the number of victims, description of accident types (left and right vehicle door and side), daylight conditions of their occurrence, bicycle velocities and factors impacting the outcome of crashes (braking distance, thinking distance and stopping distance). He presented a proposal for a potential future driver assistance system that would address such types of crashes and invited GRSG experts to provide dooring accident data from countries experiences. Upon a technical discussion concerning the subject matter, GRSG supported the request for information on other countries experiences and agreed to continue discussions on this topic at future sessions.

37. The expert from Germany introduced document GRSG-118-10, containing the position of Germany concerning the objectives of UN Regulation No. 116, including the proposal for supplement 7 to UN Regulation No. 116 as proposed through document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2019/7, presented at a previous session of GRSG, and its interlinkages with the upcoming regulation on cyber security. He invited GRSG to request an assessment of the expected significance of the upcoming cyber security regulation for the envisaged amendments to UN Regulation No. 116 via the GRVA Secretary at the Task Force on R116 Key.

38. The expert from OICA informed GRSG about the progress of work and discussions that had taken place at meetings of the Task Force on R116 KEY. She recommended that document GRSG-117-31-Rev.1 is issued as an official document for consideration at the next meeting of GRSG in October 2020.

39. Following detailed technical discussions, further comments from experts from Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and OICA, GRSG invited the Task Force on R116 KEY to proceed with the activities at its next session in September 2020, invited Contracting Parties to provide leadership to the Task Force, agreed to continue discussions concerning this matter at upcoming GRSG sessions and requested the secretariat to issue GRSG-117-31-Rev.1 as an official document for consideration at its next session in October 2020 as well as to consult GRVA on the questions at hand, as proposed by the representative of Germany, at the upcoming session of GRVA in September 2020.