# Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2012 of 23 April 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards type-approval requirements for the installation of lane departure warning systems in motor vehicles, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 661/2009:
(1) ‘vehicle type with regard to its Lane Departure Warning System’ means a category of vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
(a) the manufacturer’s trade name or mark;
(b) vehicle features which significantly influence the performances of the Lane Departure Warning System;
(c) the type and design of the Lane Departure Warning System;
(2) ‘lane’ means one of the longitudinal strips into which a roadway is divided (as shown in the Appendix to Annex II);
(3) ‘visible lane marking’ means delineators intentionally placed on the borderline of the lane that are directly visible by the driver while driving;
(4) ‘rate of departure’ means the subject vehicle’s approach velocity at a right angle to the visible lane marking at the warning issue point;
(5) ‘common space’ means an area on which two or more information functions may be displayed, but not simultaneously.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/351/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-351/article-2
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