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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 100



SCHEDULE IV

(Sections 2, 5 and 6 and subsection 12(3))

PART I

Definitions

100. In this Schedule,

"ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute; (ANSI)

"ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials; (ASTM)

"boat trailer" means a trailer that is designed to transport a boat and has cradle-type mountings that permit the launching of the boat from the rear of the trailer; (remorque pour embarcation)

"fixed collision barrier" means a device that

(a) consists of

(i) a structure with a flat, vertical, unyielding impact surface that is of a size sufficient to ensure that no portion of a vehicle striking the surface projects or passes beyond the surface, and

(ii) a horizontal approach surface that does not impede vehicle motion during impact and that is of a size sufficient to ensure that a vehicle will be able to attain a stable attitude during its approach to the impact surface, and

(b) does not absorb any significant portion of the kinetic energy of a vehicle striking the impact surface;

(barrière fixe pour essais de collision)

"front outboard designated seating position" means the driver's designated seating position and the forwardmost right outboard designated seating position, but does not include a school bus passenger designated seating position; (place assise désignée extérieure avant)

"head impact area" means the area described in section 201 of this Schedule; (zone d'impact de la tête)

"head restraint" means a device that limits rearward angular displacement of the occupant's head relative to his torso line; (appuie-tête)

"outboard designated seating position" means a designated seating position where a longitudinal vertical plane tangent to the outboard side of the seat cushion is less than 305 mm from the innermost point on the inside surface of the vehicle, which point is located vertically between the seating reference point and the shoulder reference point and longitudinally between the front and rear edges of the seat cushion; (place assise désignée extérieure)

"rear outboard designated seating position" means any outboard designated seating position that is to the rear of a front outboard designated seating position, but does not include a designated seating position adjacent to a walkway located between the seat and the side of the vehicle interior that is designed to allow access to more rearward seating positions; (place assise désignée extérieure arrière)

"semi-trailer" means a trailer constructed in such a manner that a substantial part of its weight rests upon or is carried by another vehicle by means of a fifth-wheel or similar coupling, but does not include a pole trailer, or any trailer designed to be drawn behind a passenger car or multipurpose passenger vehicle; (semi-remorque)

"torso line" means the line connecting the H-point and the shoulder reference point as defined in SAE Recommended Practice J787b Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Anchorage, (September 1966); (ligne de torse)

"5th percentile adult female" means a person having as physical characteristics a weight of 46.3 kg (102 lb.), height of 1498.6 mm (59 in.), erect sitting height of 784.9 mm (30.9 in.), normal sitting height of 751.8 mm (29.6 in.), hip sitting breadth of 325.1 mm (12.8 in.), hip sitting circumference of 924.6 mm (36.4 in.), waist sitting circumference of 599.4 mm (23.6 in.), chest depth of 190.5 mm (7.5 in.), bust circumference of 774.7 mm (30.5 in.), chest upper circumference of 756.9 mm (29.8 in.), chest lower circumference of 675.6 mm (26.6 in.), knee height of 454.7 mm (17.9 in.), popliteal height of 355.6 mm (14 in.), elbow rest height of 180.3 mm (7.1 in.), thigh clearance height of 104.1 mm (4.1 in.), buttock-to-knee length of 518.2 mm (20.4 in.), buttock-to-poples length of 431.8 mm (17 in.), elbow-to-elbow breadth of 312.4 mm (12.3 in.) and seat breadth of 312.4 mm (12.3 in.); (5e percentile adulte du sexe féminin)

"50th percentile adult male" means a person having as physical characteristics a weight of 74.4 kg plus or minus 1.4 kg, an erect sitting height of 906.8 mm plus or minus 2.5 mm, a hip sitting breadth of 373.4 mm plus or minus 17.8 mm, a hip sitting circumference of 1 066.8 mm, a waist sitting circumference of 812.8 mm plus or minus 15.2 mm, a chest depth of 236.2 mm plus or minus 5.1 mm and a chest circumference of 950 mm plus or minus 15.2 mm; (50e percentile adulte du sexe masculin)

"50th percentile 6-year old child" means a person having as physical characteristics a weight of 21.5 kg, an erect sitting height of 645.2 mm, a hip sitting breadth of 213.4 mm, a hip sitting circumference of 607.1 mm and a waist sitting circumference of 528.3 mm; (50e percentile enfant de 6 ans)

"95th percentile adult male" means a person having as physical characteristics a weight of 97.5 kg (215 lb.), height of 1849.1 mm (72.8 in.), erect sitting height of 965.2 mm (38 in.), normal sitting height of 929.6 mm (36.6 in.), hip sitting breadth of 419.1 mm (16.5 in.), hip sitting circumference of 1198.9 mm (47.2 in.), waist sitting circumference of 1079.5 mm (42.5 in.), chest depth of 266.7 mm (10.5 in.), chest circumference of 1130.3 mm (44.5 in.), knee height of 594.4 mm (23.4 in.), popliteal height of 490.2 mm (19.3 in.), elbow rest height of 294.6 mm (11.6 in.), thigh clearance height of 175.3 mm (6.9 in.), buttock-to-knee length of 640.1 mm (25.2 in.), buttock-to-poples length of 548.6 mm (21.6 in.), elbow-to-elbow breadth of 505.5 mm (19.9 in.) and seat breadth of 403.9 mm (15.9 in.). (95e percentile adulte du sexe masculin)

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/80-161 21 February, 1980 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective September 30, 1980

The definition "seating reference point" in section 100 of Schedule IV is revoked.

SOR/86-453 17 April, 1986 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definition "head impact area" in section 100 of Schedule IV.

SOR/87-154 19 March, 1987 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definitions "5th percentile adult female", "50th percentile adult male", "50th percentile 6-year old child" and "95th percentile adult male" in section 100 of Schedule IV.

SOR/90-588 28 August, 1990 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definition "H-point" in section 100 of Schedule IV is revoked.

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

SOR/93-5 21 December, 1992 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definitions "50th percentile adult male" and "50th percentile 6-year old child" in section 100 of Schedule IV; and section 100 of Schedule IV by adding the definitions "front outboard designated seating position" and "rear outboard designated seating position".

SOR/94-291 14 April, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

The definition "open-body type vehicle" in section 100 of Schedule IV is revoked.

SOR/94-692 7 November 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

The expression"(mur fixe pour essais de collision)" at the end of the definition"fixed collision barrier" in section 100 of Schedule IV.

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

SOR/95-147 21 March, 1995 pursuant to subsection 3(2) and sections 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective April 12, 1995

The reference after the heading "Schedule IV".

SOR/97-447 17 September, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, effective January 1, 1998

The definition "outboard designated seating position" in section 100 of Schedule IV.


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