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Division 2.1.1.5

United Kingdom

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A towed vehicle shall be equipped with an automatic load sensing device, with the exception of the following cases:

  1. 2.1.1.5.1.

    F1If vehicles of category Ra with a maximum design speed not exceeding 30 km/h and vehicles of category Sa cannot be equipped for technical reasons with an automatic load sensing device, they may be equipped with a device having at least three discrete settings for the control of the braking forces.

  2. 2.1.1.5.2.

    In the special case that a towed vehicle of category Ra with a maximum design speed not exceeding 30 km/h and vehicles of category Sa allows by design that only two discrete loading conditions ‘ unladen ’ and ‘ laden ’ can be realized then the vehicle may have only two discrete settings for the control of the braking forces.

  3. 2.1.1.5.3.

    S-category vehicles which do not contain any other load, except a payload from consumable material of maximum 10 % of the sum of technically permissible masses per axle.

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Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1788 of 14 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of requirements for vehicle EU type-approval, and amending and correcting Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1322/2014, (EU) 2015/96, (EU) 2015/68 and (EU) 2015/208 with regard to vehicle construction and general requirements, to environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements, to vehicle braking requirements and to vehicle functional safety requirements (Text with EEA relevance).