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Division 22 Performance characteristicsF1F2

United Kingdom

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159 The Vehicle Unit shall be fully operational in the temperature range - 20 o C to 70 o C, and the motion sensor in the temperature range - 40 o C to 135 o C. Data memory content shall be preserved at temperatures down to - 40 o C.

160 The recording equipment shall be fully operational in the humidity range 10 % to 90 %.

161 The recording equipment shall be protected against over-voltage, inversion of its power supply polarity, and short circuits.

161a F3Motion sensors shall either:

  • react to a magnetic field which disturbs vehicle motion detection. In such circumstances, the vehicle unit will record and store a sensor fault (Requirement 070) or,

have a sensing element that is protected from, or immune to, magnetic fields.

162 The recording equipment shall conform to Commission Directive 95/54/EC of 31 October 1995 f1 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 72/245/EEC f2 , related to electromagnetic compatibility, and shall be protected against electrostatic discharges and transients.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/599/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85.

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

F3

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1266/2009 of 16 December 2009 adapting for the tenth time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 266, 8.11.1995, p. 1 .

f2

OJ L 152, 6.7.1972, p. 15 .