CEMA proposal to update the regulation on agricultural vehicle lighting (document GRE/2013/12) reproduced for discussion during the first AVLI informal group session.

VDMA presentation submitted by CEMA as document GRE-69-03 to open a discussion on amending the UN Regulation on tractor lighting to reduce accidents involving agricultural machinery reproduced for presentation during the first AVLI informal group session.

Paper analyzing issues underlying accidents involving motorized agricultural vehicles (MAV). Originally presented to the Working Party on Lighting and Light signalling as document GRE-69-02 and reproduced here for discussion during the first AVLI informal group session.

Although, in Germany, motorized agricultural vehicles (MAV) are few, an above-average number of people are seriously injured or killed in accidents involving these vehicles, and MAV are more often the main cause of the accident. This paper analyzes the issues involved such accidents.

VDMA presentation submitted by CEMA to open a discussion on amending the UN Regulation on tractor lighting to reduce accidents involving agricultural machinery. This proposal is supported by document GRE-69-02: German Insurance Association study of tractor-related accidents.

Proposal to:

1. take into account vehicles of categories R or T with a width greater than 2,55 m and category S vehicles with a width greater than 3 m;
2. use reflective materials as an alternative to retro-reflectors and side-marker
   lamps;
3. use amber special warning devices to inform of slow vehicles on the road;
4. introduce the use of manufacturer logos.

Proposal to add general provisions for installation.

Text prepared by CEMA updating Regulation No. 86.

Proposal to improve lateral lighting on vehicles of more than 4,6 m and to take into account asymmetric vehicles designs.

Proposal to improve lateral lighting on vehicles of more than 4.6 m, address asymmetric vehicle designs, make editorial corrections and to harmonize certain requirements with UN R48.

Proposal to address vehicles of categories R or T with a width more than 2.55 m and of category S with a width more than 3 m as well as to allow using reflective materials as an alternative to retro-reflectors.

Proposal to address vehicles of categories R or T with a width more than 2.55 m and of category S with a width more than 3 m as well as to allow using reflective materials as an alternative to retro-reflectors.

Proposal to address lamp positioning on wider vehicles of categories R, S, and T, to allow using reflective materials as an alternative to retro-reflectors, to clarify provisions (including failure detection), and to make editorial improvements.

Proposal for a Supplement to the 01 series of amendments to UN R86

Proposal to introduce into the 01 and 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 86 references to the headlamp Classes in the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 149.

Proposal to amend, restructure, and clarify UN R86:

• Update the regulation title and scope to reference vehicles of category T, R, S, agricultural and forestry NRMM vehicles regarding installation of lighting and light-signalling devices
• Restructure and reorganize para. 2 (Definitions) by consolidating lamp definitions, deleting outdated definitions, and reorganizing vehicle-related and lamp-related definitions into separate sections
• Revise para. 3 (Application for approval) to clarify submission requirements and add reference to Annex 1 documentation
• Amend para. 4 (Approval) to reference Schedule 4 of the 1958 Agreement and update approval mark procedures in Annex 2
• Restructure para. 5 (General specifications) by reorganizing and renumbering provisions relating to lamp position (para. 5.5.), geometric visibility (para. 5.6.), single lamps (para. 5.9.2.), tell-tale requirements (para. 5.14.), concealable lamps (para. 5.15.), and lamps of variable position (para. 5.17.), and revise provisions regarding electrical connections for front and rear position lamps, driving-beam and passing-beam headlamps, and daytime running lamps
• Restructure and revise para. 6 (Individual specifications) by introducing para. 6.0. as a general introductory provision, renaming driving-beam and passing-beam headlamps throughout, reorganizing direction-indicator lamp arrangements as A, B, C, D, E with detailed geometric visibility specifications in para. 6.5.5., revising stop lamp position and geometric visibility requirements in para. 6.7., restructuring front and rear position lamp requirements, revising rear fog lamp electrical connections, clarifying parking lamp requirements, restructuring rear and front retro-reflector specifications to include separate sections on electrical connections, tell-tale, and other requirements, reorganizing side-marker lamp provisions, clarifying conspicuity marking requirements, revising SMV rear marking plate specifications, restructuring exterior courtesy lamp and manoeuvring lamp requirements, and updating all light colour specifications
• Amend para. 8 (Conformity of production) to include reference to the Agreement Schedule 1 and clarify the conformity requirements
• Clarify para. 10 (Production definitively discontinued) regarding notification requirements
• Revise para. 12 (Transitional provisions) to replace existing series-specific provisions with general transitional provisions applicable to all series of amendments and add new transitional provisions for the 04 series of amendments with dates specified as 1 September 20xx (pending confirmation)
• Update Annex 1 (Communication) to reference the 04 series of amendments in the approval mark examples and add informative tables (TableA4-1 and TableA4-2) in Annex 4 (previously Annex 3) summarizing lighting and light-signalling installation rules for tractors/agricultural and forestry NRMM (vehicles of category T) and vehicles of categories R and S
• Revise Annex 2 (Examples of arrangements of approval marks) to reference the 04 series of amendments and update marking examples
• Delete Annex 3 (The relevant parts of Annex 3 to UN Regulation No. 48 apply) and replace with visibility zones diagrams in new Annex 3
• Reorganize former Annex 5 (Direction-indicator lamps – Geometric visibility) and incorporate into new Annex 4 as summary tables with footnotes explaining special conditions
• Update Annex 5 (Signalling panels and signalling foils) to clarify dimensions, arrangement, number and reflecting surface requirements with references to updated figures and table

Proposal to:

• Modify para. 1 of Scope to include vehicles of categories S, agricultural and forestry NRMM, and category T vehicles,
• Amend para. 2 to restructure definitions for vehicle type, lamps, dimensions, and retro-reflectors,
• Delete redundant definitions,
• Add general provisions for lamp position and geometric visibility,
• Modify para. 3 regarding type-approval documentation,
• Amend para. 4 to reference Schedule 4 of the 1958 Agreement (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.3),
• Reorganise para. 5 to establish general specifications and consolidated provisions for lighting connections, tell-tales, concealable lamps, lamps of variable position, and provisions regarding light confusion,
• Amend para. 6 to revise individual specifications for all lamp functions with revised formatting, measurements, and geometric visibility angles, including new requirements for driving-beam and passing-beam headlamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps, direction-indicator lamps with arrangements A through E, hazard warning signals, stop lamps, front and rear position lamps, rear fog lamps, parking lamps, end-outline marker lamps, work lamps, retro-reflectors (front and rear, triangular and non-triangular), side-marker lamps, daytime running lamps, cornering lamps, conspicuity markings, rear registration plate illuminating lamps, manoeuvring lamps, SMV rear marking plates, exterior courtesy lamps, and signalling panels or signalling foils,
• Modify paras. 7 to 10 regarding modification, extension, conformity, penalties, and discontinuation of production,
• Amend para. 11 regarding technical services and type-approval authorities,
• Restructure para. 12 with transitional provisions for the 04 series of amendments with mandatory application dates of 1 September 20xx,
• Revise Annex 1 communication form to reference the 04 series of amendments and update lamp designations,
• Revise Annex 2 to reflect 04 series of amendments in approval mark examples,
• Replace Annex 3 with new Annex 3 containing visibility zones for red and white light (para. 5.11.4),
• Replace Annex 4 (Direction-indicator lamps geometry) with new Annex 4 containing informative summary tables for lighting and light-signalling installation rules for vehicles of categories T, R, and S,
• Replace Annex 5 (replacing former Annex 6) with updated specifications for signalling panels and signalling foils, applicable from 1 September 20xx.

Simplification work on UN Regulation No. 86 addresses five pending points: the number of additional direction-indicator lamps allowed, geometric visibility of category 6 direction-indicator lamps, height for slow-moving vehicles marking plates set as low as possible above the ground but not less than 250 mm at the lower edge, position for slow-moving vehicles marking plates with regard to the vehicle median longitudinal plane, and speed for automatic activation of manoeuvring lamps proposed at 15 km/h as a compromise.