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Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Standard 204

MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 204



Steering Column Rearward Displacement

204. (1) This section does not apply in respect of

(a) any walk-in van; and

(b) any truck, multipurpose passenger vehicle or bus

(i) with a gross vehicle weight rating that is greater than 4 536 kg, or

(ii) with an unloaded vehicle mass that is greater than 2 500 kg.

(2) Where, for the purpose of conducting a collision test, a vehicle is impacted perpendicularly into a fixed collision barrier at a forward longitudinal velocity of 48 km/h, the upper end of the steering column and steering shaft shall not be displaced more than 127 mm horizontally rearward parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle in relation to an undisturbed point on the vehicle.

(3) Where a vehicle is impacted as described in subsection (2) at a forward longitudinal velocity of more than 48 km/h and not more than 53 km/h, the displacement of the steering column and steering shaft may be adjusted to 48 km/h by multiplying the displacement by the inverse ratio of the square of the velocity.

(4) The test described in subsection (2) shall be carried out under the following conditions:

(a) the weight of the vehicle including test materials equals the unloaded vehicle weight, except that the vehicle fuel tank is filled to not less than 90 per cent and not more than 95 per cent of the vehicle fuel tank capacity;

(b) where applicable, adjustable steering controls are adjusted so that the tilting steering wheel hub is at the geometric centre of the locus it describes when it is moved through its full range of driving positions and the telescoping steering control is set at the adjustment position midway between the forwardmost and rearwardmost position;

(c) convertible and open body type vehicles have the top, if any, correctly in place in the configuration of a closed passenger compartment;

(d) the doors are closed in the fully latched position but not locked;

(e) the parking brake is disengaged and the transmission is in neutral; and

(f) the tires are inflated to the vehicle manufacturer's specification.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/80-440 12 June, 1980 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Revoked and replaced.

SOR/83-138 4 February, 1983 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective September 1, 1983

Section 204 of Schedule IV by adding subsection 204(4).

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER M-10 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA, 1985.

SOR/90-387 28 June, 1990 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety, Act, effective September 1, 1991.

Revoked and replaced.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF CANADA, 1993.

SOR/97-201 15 April, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and paragraph 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, in force September 1, 1997

The expression "walk-in van-type truck" in paragraph 204(1)(a) of Schedule IV is replaced with "walk-in van".


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