Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000

3 The testing machine may be capable of recording a brake pedal force of up to 1000N + or - 2%.

4 The testing machine may have an alphanumeric keyboard to enter various items of vehicle and inspection data.

Part 2.1.2 Skid plate brake testing

Scope

This specification sets out the prescribed requirements for skid plate or other drive over platform type brake testing machines suitable for testing vehicles up to 5t tare mass.

Division 2.1.2.1 Prescribed requirements

1 The machine must provide for independent readings of braking force at each side of the vehicle.

2 If the testing machine is designed to test 2 axles at the same time, it must be capable of accepting vehicles with a wheel base measuring up to 4m.

3 The testing machine must be capable of brake testing vehicles with a wheel track of at least 1m to 2.2m.

4 The testing machine skid plates must have a coefficient of friction of at least 0.6 when measured in combination with dry, original equipment tyres.

5 The machine must be capable of repeatedly supporting an axle load of 3.5t without damage.

6 The testing machine must indicate the peak and average deceleration over the range of 0 to 1g with an accuracy of 5% of full scale and an output resolution of 1%.

7 The testing machine must be installed so the vehicle remains substantially level when being tested.

8 The testing machine must be installed to allow ease of entry and exit of the vehicle being tested.

9 The manufacturer’s recommended test speed for service and emergency brakes must be indicated on the machine and visible to the driver in letters not less than 50mm high.

10 The testing machine must be capable of measuring and indicating braking force per wheel group in the range of 0 to 5kN.

11 The testing machine must have a way of indicating the difference between brake forces on either side displayed as a ratio of the low reading divided by the higher reading (%).

12 Each machine must bear a unique serial number issued by its manufacturer.

13 Calibration and servicing of the machine must be undertaken at regular intervals in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations, or every 6 months if the manufacturer does not provide recommendations for service or calibration.

14 The testing machine must be capable of providing an original and duplicate time and dated copy of the results on hard copy material and remain legible for a period of 12 months.

Division 2.1.2.2 Optional features

2 The test machine may be capable of recording a brake pedal force of up to 1000N + or - 2%.

3 The test machine may have an alphanumeric keyboard to enter various items of vehicle and inspection data.

Part 2.1.3 Vehicle deceleration brake testing

Scope

This specification sets out the prescribed requirements for vehicle decelerometers used at vehicle inspection stations.

Division 2.1.3.1 Prescribed requirements

1 The testing machine must measure the overall braking effect of a vehicle.

2 The testing machine must be electronic in nature.

3 The testing machine must indicate the peak deceleration over the range of 0 to 1g with an accuracy of 5% of full scale and maintain that reading until reset.

4 Each testing machine must bear a unique serial number issued by the manufacturer.

5 Calibration and servicing of the test machine must be undertaken in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations.

6 The testing machine must be capable of providing an original and duplicate time and dated copy of the results on hard copy material and remain legible for a period of 12 months.

Division 2.1.3.2 Optional features

2 The testing machine may have an alphanumeric keyboard to enter various items of vehicle and inspection data.

Chapter 2.2 Prescribed requirements for all registrable vehicles

Part 2.2.1 Headlamp aim testing equipment

Scope

This specification sets out the prescribed requirements for headlight aim testing machines used at vehicle inspection stations.

Machines complying with this specification must be suitable for testing the aim of headlights, fog lights and auxiliary driving lights fitted to cars, light and heavy commercial vehicles and motorcycles.

Prescribed requirements

1 The machine must conform with the requirements of SAE Recommended Practice J 600.

2 The machine must be capable of testing the aim and intensity of lights, centres of which are not lower than 0.5m and no higher than 1.4m above the surface of the roadway.

3 The aim requirements of SAE J 600 must be applied to headlights with an asymmetrical European beam pattern operated in the high beam mode.

4 The machine must be either mounted on traversing rails or on fixed axle wheels to provide for lateral movement of the machine across the vehicle being tested. The installation (rails or surface on which the wheels roll) must provide for the reference axis of the machine to be parallel to the plane on which the vehicle is standing.

5 The machine must bear a unique serial number issued by its manufacturer.

6 Calibration and service of the machine must be undertaken at regular intervals in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, or every 6 months if the manufacturer does not provide recommendations for service or calibration.

Part 2.2.2 Light transmittance testing equipment

Scope

This specification sets the requirements for an instrument to measure the light transmittance of vehicle glazing including where tinted plastic film has been applied.

Prescribed requirements

1 The instrument must be of sound construction, portable and supply its own energy source.

2 The instrument must provide indication to the operator of a variation of its energy supply that would affect the accurate operation of the instrument.

3 The instrument may be of 2 components, a light source and a light source receiver. The voltage to the light source must be stabilised within 0.1%.

4 The light source receiver may have an analogue or digital display. A peak hold facility is recommended.

5 The instrument must be adaptable so as to be able to test light transmittance on all glazing of a vehicle.

6A A pre-test check should display a reading of 100% when the light source and receiver are brought into the test position (without a test sample). The instrument reading under sample test conditions must be in a proportion of that 100% with a resolution of 1%.

7 The accuracy of the transmittance reading must be within 5% of full scale over the range of 20% to 100%.

8 The light source must be representative of illuminant A of the International Commission on Illumination (C.1.E.) and be of an incandescent filament source at a nominal colour temperature of 2856^oK.

9 The light receiver must have a relative spectral sensitivity conforming to the requirements of the C.1.E. 1931 Standard observer for photopic vision.

10 The machine must bear a unique serial number issued by its manufacturer.

11 Calibration and service of the instrument must be undertaken at regular intervals in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations, or every 12 months if the manufacturer does not provide recommendations for service or calibrations.

Part 2.2.3 Noise testing equipment

Scope

This specification sets out the requirement for an instrument to measure the noise generated by a vehicle at the exhaust pipe outlet.

Prescribed requirements