Agreement
Concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations
Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be
Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for
Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these
United Nations Regulations*
(Revision 3, including the amendments which entered into force on 14 September 2017)
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Addendum 150 – UN Regulation No. 151
Date of entry into force as an annex to the 1958 Agreement: 15 November 2019
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with
regard to the Blind Spot Information System for the Detection of
Bicycles
This document is meant purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legal binding text
is: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/28.
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UNITED NATIONS
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Former titles of the Agreement:
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of
Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958 (original version);
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles,
Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for
Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions, done at Geneva on
5 October 1995 (Revision 2).
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UN Regulation No. 151
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor
vehicles with regard to the Blind Spot Information System
for the Detection of Bicycles
Contents
Page
0. Introduction (for information) .................................................................................................. 4
1. Scope ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Definitions ............................................................................................................................... 5
3. Application for approval ......................................................................................................... 6
4. Approval .................................................................................................................................. 7
5. Specifications .......................................................................................................................... 8
6. Test procedure ......................................................................................................................... 10
7. Modification of vehicle type and extension of approval ......................................................... 13
8. Conformity of production ........................................................................................................ 14
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production ............................................................................ 14
10. Production definitively discontinued ....................................................................................... 14
11. Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and
of Type Approval Authorities ................................................................................................. 14
Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................... 15
Annexes
1 Communication. ....................................................................................................................... 18
2 Arrangements of approval marks ............................................................................................ 19
3 Procedure to define performance requirements for test cases other than those shown in
the test case table ...................................................................................................................... 20
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0. Introduction (for information)
0.1. Turning manoeuvres involving collisions between trucks turning right and
cyclists, typically occurring at lower driving speeds or standstill, usually have
serious consequences for vulnerable road users (VRU). In the past, the safety
of VRU was raised by an improvement of the truck driver's vision by
increasing the number of mirrors and by equipping trucks with side underrun
protection. Since turning accidents still happen and driver assistance systems
have been introduced in a lot of vehicle segments, it is obvious to use such
assistance systems for avoiding accidents between turning trucks and cyclists.
0.2. Theoretical considerations show that the criticality of traffic situations
involving heavy vehicles and bicycles can be significant due to
misunderstanding of the situation be the vehicle operators. In some cases, the
increase can occur so suddenly that a high-intensive warning, intended to
generate a driver reaction to the situation after an appropriate reaction time,
cannot be activated early enough. In general, driver reactions to any
information (high or low threshold / warning or information) can be expected
only after a reaction time. This response time is much longer than the time
required to avoid the accident in many situations – the accident cannot be
avoided despite the warning.
0.3. High-intensity warnings during a driving situation are only justified if the
probability for an accident is high – otherwise vehicle drivers tend to ignore
the system alerts. A (low threshold) informational assistance system, however,
can be activated sufficiently early enough, as it helps the driver rather than
annoys. It is assumed to be possible to design an human-machine-interface for
blind spot assistance systems in a way that it does not annoy drivers when the
information is not needed, for instance by selecting the location of a signal
outside of the primary focus area of drivers when looking straight ahead, but
in an area that is visible when the gaze is slightly turned towards the planned
driving direction. A favourable location that fulfils these requirements is a
location approximately 40° off the right from an axis in direction of the vehicle
centreline and through the driver's eyepoint.
0.4. Therefore the UN Regulation asks for an early activation of an information
signal in case a bicycle might be entering a critical area on the passenger side
of the vehicle, if the heavy vehicle would initiate a turn towards the bicycle,
including situations where a counter-turn (away from the bicycle) is necessary
to negotiate the turn. This informational assistance signal shall only be
deactivated automatically in case of system failure or contamination of the
sensors; a manual deactivation shall not be possible.
0.5. Additionally, the UN Regulation asks for a different signal which shall be
given when the collision becomes unavoidable, e.g. when a clear turn on the
steering wheel or the operation of the turn indicators is detected. This
additional warning signal may be deactivated manually or automatically; it
shall be deactivated together with the information signal in case of failure or
sensor contamination.
0.6. The UN Regulation defines a test procedure which does not require actual
turning manoeuvres; this is acceptable since the information signal needs to be
present sufficiently early anyway. Experimental data shows that some turn
manoeuvres of heavy vehicles, especially when turning into a narrow street,
require a counter-turn that starts approximately 15 m before entering that
street, so the test procedure included in this Regulation requires the
information signal to be activated 15 m before the expected collision point.
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1. Scope
1.1. This Regulation applies to the blind spot information system of vehicles of
categories N
2
(> 8 t of technically permissible maximum mass) and N
3
.
Vehicles of categories N
2
(≤ 8 t of technically permissible maximum mass),
M
2
and M
3
may be approved at the request of the manufacturer.
1.2. The requirements of this Regulation are so worded as to apply to vehicles
which are developed for right-hand traffic. In vehicles that are developed for
left-hand traffic, these requirements shall be applied by inverting the criteria,
when appropriate.
2. Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation:
2.1. "Approval of a vehicle type" means the full procedure whereby a Contracting
Party to the Agreement certifies that a vehicle type meets the technical
requirements of this Regulation;
2.2. "Vehicle type with regard to its Blind Spot Information System" means a
category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
(a) The manufacturer's trade name or mark;
(b) Vehicle features which significantly influence the performances of the
Blind Spot Information System;
(c) The type and design of the Blind Spot Information System.
2.3. "Blind Spot Information System (BSIS)" means a system to inform the driver
of a possible collision with a bicycle near side.
2.4. "Reaction time" means the time between the information signal is given and a
driver reaction has occurred.
2.5. "Ocular reference point" means the middle point between two points 65 mm
apart and 635 mm vertically above the reference point which is specified in
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on the driver's seat. The straight
line joining the two points runs perpendicular to the vertical longitudinal
median plane of the vehicle. The centre of the segment joining the two points
is in a vertical longitudinal plane which shall pass through the centre of the
driver's designated seating position, as specified by the vehicle manufacturer.
2.6. "Stopping distance" means the distance required by the vehicle to come to a
full stop after the Blind Spot Information Signal has been given, taking into
account reaction time and brake deceleration.
2.7. "Collision point" means the position where the trajectory of any vehicle point
would intersect with any bicycle points if a turn by the vehicle is initiated.
The theoretical collision point as referred to in Figure 1 of Appendix 1 is the
point where a collision would occur in the respective test condition if the
vehicle would turn towards the bicycle, e.g. starting with a counter-steer
manoeuvre at the last point of information. Note that the actual turning
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