Division 4.5 Trip requirementsF1

The shares of operation shall be expressed as a percentage of the total trip duration.

The trip shall consist of urban driving followed by rural and motorway driving according to the shares specified in points 4.5.1 to 4.5.4. Where another testing order is justified for practical reasons and after the agreement of the approval authority another order may be used, however, the test shall always start with the urban driving.

For the purpose of this Section, ‘approximately’ shall mean the target value ± 5 %.

Urban, rural and motorway parts can be determined either on the basis of:

• geographical coordinates (by means of a map), or

• first acceleration method.

In case the trip composition is determined on the basis of geographical coordinates, the vehicle should not exceed, for a cumulative period longer than 5 % of the total duration of each part of the trip, the following speed:

• 50 km/h in the urban part,

• 75 km/h in the rural part (90 km/h in the case of vehicles of categories M ₁ and N ₁ )

In case the trip composition is determined by means of the first acceleration method, the first acceleration above 55 km/h (70 km/h in the case of vehicles of categories M ₁ and N ₁ ) shall indicate the beginning of the rural part and the first acceleration above 75 km/h (90 km/h in the case of vehicles of categories M ₁ and N ₁ ) shall indicate the beginning of the motorway part.

The criteria for differentiation between urban, rural and motorway operation shall be agreed with the approval authority prior to the beginning of the test.

Average speed in urban operation shall be between 15 and 30 km/h.

Average speed in rural operation shall be between 45 and 70 km/h (60 and 90 km/h in the case of vehicles of categories M ₁ and N ₁ ).

Average speed in motorway operation shall be above 70 km/h (90 km/h in the case of vehicles of categories M ₁ and N ₁ ).