eSafety Compendium

Motor vehicle type-approval legislationRecommendation number and title:18) Determine what actions may be required for bringing rapidly forward road safetyimprovements obtainable with intelligent integrated road safety systems in vehicles.Activity leader:European CommissionStart of activities:2003Background:As the legislation is primarily performance based, it tends not to be design restrictive.One area that will need revision is that of the provisions on the steering system, whichcurrently requires a mechanical link and monotonic action (i.e. the same amount of inputat the wheel always provides the same amount of output). This effectively preventssteer-by-wire systems being brought to the market.Status:Proposals to amend the UN-ECE Regulation on steering systems to remove therequirements for a mechanical link and to specifically permit certain steer-by-wirefunctions have been agreed and entered into force in 2005 from when it can be used forthe purposes of obtaining EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval.European R&D:(not available)National activities:(not available)eSafety Working Groups:(not available)Contacts:Mr Juhani Jaaskelainen, European Commission, INFSO-eSafety@cec.eu.inthttp://www.europa.eu.int/information_society/programmes/esafety/index_en.htmPage 91 of 490