Division 3.3.1

The test points shall be located so that the impactor is not expected to impact the bonnet top with a glancing blow and then impact the windscreen or an A-pillar more severely. The minimum distances are to be set with a flexible tape held tautly along the outer surface of the vehicle. If a number of test positions have been selected and the test area remaining is too small to select another test position while maintaining the minimum spacing between tests, then less than nine tests may be performed. The positions tested by the laboratories shall be indicated in the test report. However, the technical services conducting the tests shall perform as many tests as necessary to guarantee the compliance of the vehicle with the head protection criteria (HPC) limit values of 1 000 for the HPC1000 impact zone and 1 700 for the HPC1700 impact zone, especially in the points near to the borders between the two types of zones.