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Technical Standards Document No. 212, Revision 0 — Windshield Mounting

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

S1. Scope

S2. Purpose

S3. Application

S4. Definition

S5. Requirements

S6. Test conditions

Introduction

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Director, Standards Research and Development
for the Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities
Ottawa, Ontario

The text of this document is based on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 212, Windshield Mounting, as published in the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 571, revised as of October 1, 2010.

S1. Scope

This Technical Standards Document (TSD) standard establishes windshield retention requirements for motor vehicles during crashes.

S2. Purpose

The purpose of this TSD standard is to reduce crash injuries and fatalities by providing for retention of the vehicle windshield during a crash, thereby utilizing fully the penetration-resistance and injury-avoidance properties of the windshield glazing material and preventing the ejection of occupants from the vehicle.

S3. Application

[CONTENT NOT REPRODUCED]

S4. Definition

Passive restraint system means a system meeting the occupant crash protection requirements of S5. of Standard No. 208 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 571, by means that require no action by vehicle occupants(Système de retenue passive).

S5. Requirements

When the vehicle travelling longitudinally forward at any speed up to and including 48 kilometers per hour impacts a fixed collision barrier that is perpendicular to the line of travel of the vehicle, under the conditions of S6, the windshield mounting of the vehicle shall retain not less than the minimum portion of the windshield periphery specified in S5.1 and S5.2.

S5.1 Vehicles equipped with passive restraints

Vehicles equipped with passive restraint systems shall retain not less than 50 percent of the portion of the windshield periphery on each side of the vehicle longitudinal centerline.

S5.2 Vehicles not equipped with passive restraints

Vehicles not equipped with passive restraint systems shall retain not less than 75 percent of the windshield periphery.

S6. Test conditions

The requirements of S5. shall be met under the following conditions:

S6.1 Untitled

The vehicle, including test devices and instrumentation, is loaded as follows:

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• Except as specified in S6.2, a passenger car is loaded to its unloaded vehicle weight plus its cargo-carrying and luggage capacity weight, secured in the luggage area, plus a 50th-percentile test dummy as specified in Title 49, part 572 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations this chapter at each front outboard designated seating position and at any other position whose protection system is required to be tested by a dummy under the provisions of Standard No. section 208 of the MVSR. Each dummy is restrained only by means that are installed for protection at its seating position.
   
• Except as specified in S6.2, a multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck or bus is loaded to its unloaded vehicle weight, plus 136 kilograms or its rated cargo-carrying and luggage capacity, whichever is less, secured to the vehicle, plus a 50th-percentile test dummy as specified in Title 49, part 572 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations this chapter at each front outboard designated seating position and at any other position whose protection system is required to be tested by a dummy under the provisions of Standard No. section 208 of the MVSR. Each dummy is restrained only by means that are installed for protection at its seating position. The load is distributed so that the weight on each axle as measured at the tire-ground interface is in proportion to its Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). If the weight on any axle when the vehicle is loaded to its unloaded vehicle weight plus dummy weight exceeds the axle's proportional share of the test weight, the remaining weight is placed so that the weight on that axle remains the same. For the purposes of this section, unloaded vehicle weight does not include the weight of work-performing accessories. Vehicles are tested to a maximum unloaded vehicle weight of 2,495 kilograms.

• S6.2 Untitled

  The fuel tank is filled to any level from 90 to 95 percent of capacity.

  S6.3 Untitled

  The parking brake is disengaged and the transmission is in neutral.

  S6.4 Untitled

  Tires are inflated to the vehicle manufacturer's specifications.

  S6.5 Untitled

  The windshield mounting material and all vehicle components in direct contact with the mounting material are at any temperature between −9 degrees Celsius and +43 degrees Celsius.

  Date modified:

  2011-11-17

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