ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/60United NationsECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/60Economic and Social CouncilDistr.: General1 April 2010Original: EnglishEconomic Commission for EuropeInland Transport CommitteeWorld Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle RegulationsOne-hundred-and fifty-first sessionGeneva 2225 June 2010Item 4.2.4 of the provisional agenda1958 Agreement Consideration of draft amendments to existing RegulationsProposal for the 03 series of amendments to RegulationNo.29 (Cab of a commercial vehicle)Submitted by the Working Party on Passive Safety*In accordance with the programme of work of the Inland Transport Committee for 20062010 (ECE/TRANS/166/Add.1, programme activity 02.4), the World Forum will develop, harmonize and update Regulations in order to enhance the performance of vehicles. The present document is submitted in conformity with that mandate.The text reproduced below was adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its forty-sixth session. It is based on document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2009/19, as amended by AnnexIII to the report. It is submitted to the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and to the Administrative Committee (AC.1) for consideration (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/46, para.25).I.ProposalRegulation No. 29Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicles with regard to the Protection of the Occupants of the Cab of a Commercial VehicleContentsPage1.Scope32.Definitions33.Application for approval34.Approval45.Requirements56.Modifications and extension of the approval of the vehicle type67.Conformity of production68.Penalties for non-conformity of production69.Production definitely discontinued610.Transitional Provisions711.Names and addresses of technical services responsible for conducting approval tests and of administrative departments7Annexes1.ECE Type-approval documentation8Part 1 Model Information document8Part 2 Communication102.Arrangements of approval marks123.Test procedure13Appendix 1: Instructions for securing vehicles to the test bed18Appendix 2: Manikin to be used to verify the survival space214.Procedure for determining the “H” point and the actual torso angle for seating positions in motor vehicles24Appendix 1: Description of the three-dimensional H point machine29Appendix 2: Three dimensional reference system325.Reference data concerning seating positions331.ScopeThis Regulation applies to vehicles with separate drivers cab of category N As defined in Annex7 to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), (document TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.1/Amend.2 as last amended by Amend.4). with regard to the protection of the occupants of the cab.2.DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation:2.1.“approval of a vehicle” means the approval of a vehicle type pursuant to the requirements of this Regulation, with regard to the protection of the occupants of the cab of a vehicle in the event of head-on impact or of overturning, 2.2.“vehicle type” means a category of motor vehicle which does not differ in such essential respects as:2.2.1.the dimensions, shapes and materials of the components of the vehicle cab; or 2.2.2.the manner of attachment of the cab to the chassis frame;2.3.“transverse plane” means a vertical plane perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the vehicle;2.4.“longitudinal plane” means a plane parallel to the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle;2.5.“Cab-over engine vehicle” means a vehicle where more than half of the engine length is rearward of the foremost point of the windshield base and the steering wheel hub is in the forward quarter of the vehicle length.2.6.“R point” means the seating reference point as defined in Annex 4, paragraph 2.4.2.7.“H-point” means the point defined in Annex 4, paragraph 2.3.2.8.“Test A” means a frontal impact test intended to evaluate the resistance of a cab in frontal impact accident.2.9.“Test B” means an impact test to the A-pillars of the cab intended to evaluate the resistance of a cab in a 90 rollover accident with subsequent impact.2.10.“Test C” means a cab roof strength test intended to evaluate the resistance of a cab in a 180 rollover accident.2.11.“A-pillar” means the foremost and outermost roof support.2.12.“Windscreen” means the frontal glazing of the vehicle situated between the A-pillars.3.Application for Approval3.1.The application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to the protection of the occupants of the cab of a vehicle shall be submitted by the vehicle manufactureror by his duly accredited representative.3.2.It shall be accompanied by drawings of the vehicle, showing the position of the cab on the vehicle and the manner of its attachment, and by sufficiently detailed drawings r