Based on input from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and OICA.

Outlook format (.msg) e-mail file summarizing Canada’s NPRM and responses. It is anticipated that a Canadian proposal will be published in early 2019 to permit the proposed option of compliance to either the US or UN standard.

Table of regulations and standards revised by the informal group.

Overview of discussions for the future development of vehicle noise regulations prepared by the GRB secretariat.

Description of an accident wherein a blind person was killed by a truck backing up with its reverse-mode sound signal deactivated and of possible policy responses in Japan.

World Blind Union comments opposing the current provisions of the draft UN Regulation on quiet vehicle minimum sound levels, especially with regard to the effectiveness of the AVAS parameters, inclusion of “pause button”, and absence of stationary (“idling”) vehicle sound requirement.

Presentation of research conducted by the World Blind Union and National Federation of the Blind in the United States to validate the effectiveness of the proposed minimum sound levels for quiet vehicles at 10 and 20 km/h. The researchers concluded that the proposed sounds levels do not add significantly to the detectability of an approaching vehicle by a blind pedestrian and that internal combustion engine vehicles were detected substantially sooner than quiet vehicles equipped with the proposed acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS).

Presentation by Dr. Edward C. Bell, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness, Louisiana Tech University.

Table of potential areas for future GRB work prepared during an informal meeting held in Paris during 2-3 July 2015.

Presentation on China’s international noise standards working group activities and program for future development of vehicle noise and silencing system durability requirements.

Comments on the proposals and guidelines developed for acoustic vehicle alerting systems for quiet road vehicles.

The European automotive supplier association’s positions on provisions in the draft GTR. Since CLEPA has agreements whereby the association also represents the interests of the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association and the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association of the US within WP.29, CLEPA has stressed that these comments reflect only the European CLEPA views.

Latest informal draft of the proposed global regulation to establish minimum sound requirements for quiet vehicles as a measure to improve pedestrian safety as being developed by the GTR-QRTV informal group and its drafting task force.

Matrix of anticipated national requirements for audible vehicle alerting systems, covering the scope of vehicle applications and whether individual specifications will be mandatory, optional, or prohibited.

Working draft of the QRTV GTR as revised during the 5th QRTV informal group session (Tokyo, Japan).

Draft text pursuant to the second GTR drafting task force session of 10 October 2013.

Proposed global technical regulation to establish “technical requirements for quiet road transport vehicles with regard to the sound emissions”.

Presentation on Korean indoor (test chamber) and outdoor (road) sound-level tests towards defining quiet vehicle sound requirements. Korea proposes to establish both minimum and maximum sound requirements for audible vehicle alerting systems (AVAS).

QRTV expert group chart comparing AVAS specifications and requirements across France, Spain,Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, China, the United States, and Japan.

Working draft pursuant to the 2nd GTR for QRTV task force session (8-10 October 2013).

Logistical information for the 10-12 December 2013 session of the GTR for QRTV expert group.

Logistical information for the 10-12 December 2013 session of the GTR for QRTV expert group in Tokyo.

Logistical information for the 10-12 December 2013 session of the GTR for QRTV expert group in Tokyo.

Logistical information for the 10-12 December 2013 session of the GTR for QRTV expert group in Tokyo.

Logistical information for the 10-12 December 2013 session of the GTR for QRTV expert group in Tokyo.

Presentation on investigations into response times to vehicle sounds under various scenarios, including assessment of sound levels proposed in the NHTSA NPRM.

Working draft of the proposed global technical regulation on technical requirements for quiet road transport vehicles with regard to their sound emissions, pursuant to the first session of the GTRQRTV informal group task force 01.

Initial list of technical requirements for low-sound vehicle alerting systems developed during the first session of the task force drafting specific language for the proposed GTR.

Working draft of the proposed global technical regulation on minimum sound requirements for quiet vehicles pursuant to the first session of the task force drafting specific language for the text.

Japan opposes the inclusion of specifications for Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems (AVAS) as contained within the consolidated proposal for the 03 series of amendments to UN R51 (GRB-58-04). AVAS specifications are actively under development as a new GTR and therefore, Japan cannot accept their definition under UN R51 until the GTR deliberations have been concluded.

Proposal to include provisions on maximum noise emissions from audible vehicle alerting systems (AVAS) under development for low-sound vehicles.

Working draft of the proposed AVAS global technical regulation including changes made during the 4th informal group session held in July 2013.

Update on the European Electric Vehicle Alert for Detection and Emergency Response (eVADER) program.

Report on the testing of Brigade’s proprietary “white sound alarm” system vis-à-vis the NHTSA quiet vehicle NPRM specifications.

Directions to the US Department of Transporation building.

Blank table indicating information required to be placed on the security list for entry into the US DOT building for the GTRQRTV meeting.

Presentation with recommendations for approaching vehicle audible systems for use in electric and other quiet vehicles.

Review of work on international standards for minimum vehicle noise thresholds.

Presentation concerning the European Electric Vehicle Alert for Detection and Emergency Response (eVADER) project.

Project timeline envisioning submission of final recommendations to the GRB in September 2014 followed by adoption of the new minimum-noise GTR by WP.29 in March 2015.

Presentation on road safety potential of wireless systems in vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications.

US notice of proposed rulemaking to set minimum sound levels for electric and hybrid vehicles. Supplemental document provided for convenience by GAR.

Data on quiet vehicle noise-level measurements from the International Organization of Vehicle Manufacturers. (109 page document in spreadsheet form. May take a few minutes to download.)

EV/HEV Sound measurement results

Proposal to open discussions on a new test procedure and possibly noise-labeling requirements for electric-mode vehicles to ensure that approaching vehicle audible systems designed to enhance the safety of pedestrians, including the blind, do not negate the benefits of noise reduction.

Presentation on issues for consideration in drafting the proposed Quiet Vehicles GTR in relation to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehciles (RE3) references to approaching vehicle audible signals (AVAS).

EC DG Enterprise & Industry presentation on a “qualitative approach towards the main technical challenges of the QRTV GTR drafting”.

Presentation on approaching vehicle audible signals for quiet electric vehicles.

French policy positions on audible warning signals for quiet hybrid and electric vehicles.

Agenda for the first meeting of the informal group created to draft a global technical regulation on audible warning systems for quiet vehicles (such as electric vehicles).

Presentation on research into audible warning response behavior by age group of the test subjects.

Second version of the ISO/CD 16254 “Acoustics – Measurement of minimum noise emitted by road vehicles” being circulated for comments. This document reflects comments made to the first version.

Presentation on NHTSA research to date.

Presentation on the scope and objectives of the European Commission’s Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st Century (CARS 21) program.

JASIC proposal of guiding principles for the formulation of the GTR on quiet road transport vehicles.

Flyer providing information on the 41st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (19-22 August 2012).

The documentation for this meeting has a gap between documents 10 and 12, suggesting the intention to post a document presented during the session but not made available in electronic format.

Recommendations of the original informal group on quiet road transport vehicles to the Working Party on Noise (document GRB/2012/6).

Draft recommendations from the informal group on Quiet Road Transport Vehicles pursuant to their deliberations on the risks such vehicles poses to vulnerable road users.

Text prepared by the United States of America requesting the development of a new GTR on quiet road transport vehicles.

Submission prepared by the United States outlining the background, scope, objectives, and organization of the proposed effort to develop harmonized pedestrian alert sound requirements for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles via a new UN global technical regulation.

Revised version of the scope, objectives, and procedures for the proposed working group on global noise standards for hybrid, electric, and similar “quiet vehicles”.

Draft recommendations of the Informal Working Group on Quiet Road Transport Vehicles (QRTV) concerning the viability of “quiet vehicle” audible acoustic alerting systems, their acoustic parameters and the prospects for a harmonized global technical regulation.

Objectives for the proposed working group to develop a global regulation for “quiet road transport vehicles”. In principle, the GTR would prescribe acoustic measures(audible vehicle alert systems or AVAS) for moving vehicles in electric mode to signal their presence.

Review of current deliberations on key performance characteristics of an audible signal for quiet vehicles.

OICA presentation on its review of feasible specifications currently under discussion among vehicle makers to describe the performance characteristics of an audible signal for quiet vehicles.

Chart of third-octave filter bands for use in discussions of audible signals for quiet vehicles.

Tables and figures illustrating relationships between acoustic signals and distance from their sources.

Presentation of the results of an inquiry by the German Federal Highway Research Institute into the perception of acoustic signals by visually impaired pedestrians.

Review of Japan’s work on the development of specifications for an audible warning signal for quiet vehicles.

Frequency/sound pressure graph for use in discussions on audible signals for quiet vehicles.

Presentation highlighting differences between the behaviors and characteristics of two-wheeled electric vehicles and their four-wheel counterparts.

Presentation on University of Duisberg Essen research into acoustic warning signals for electric vehicles.

Briefing presentation overviewing the work on QRTV prepared for the September 2011 Working Party on Noise session.