CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions............................................3

1.1. NAME OF STANDARD.........................................3

1.2. COMMENCEMENT............................................3

1.3. REPEAL......................................................3

2. SCOPE.......................................................3

3. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLIMENTATION.........................3

4. DEFINITIONS.................................................4

5. general REQUIREMENTS.......................................4

6. MARKING OF GLASS..........................................5

7. GLASS USED FOR WINDSCREENS.............................5

8. SPECIFICATIONS FOR GLAZING MATERIAL....................6

1. legislative provisions

1.1. NAME OF STANDARD

1.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 8/01 – Safety Glazing Material) 2005.

1.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 8/01 — Safety Glazing Material.

1.2. COMMENCEMENT

1.2.1. This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

1.3. REPEAL

1.3.1. This Standard repeals each vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 8/01 — Safety Glazing Material that is:

(a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989; and

(b) in force at the commencement of this Standard.

1.3.2. This Standard also repeals each instrument made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 8/01 — Safety Glazing Material, if there are no other vehicle standards created by that instrument, or amendments to vehicle standards made by that instrument, that are still in force at the commencement of this Standard.

2. SCOPE

The function of this vehicle standard is to specify the performance requirements of material used for external or internal glazing in motor vehicles which will ensure adequate visibility under normal operating conditions, will minimise obscuration when shattered, and will minimise the likelihood of serious injury if a person comes in contact with the broken glazing material.

3. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLIMENTATION

3.1. Applicability Summary

3.1.1. This national standard applies to the design and construction of vehicles as set out in the table below.

3.1.2. Provided that they comply with the requirements for laminated safety glass in windscreens and, where appropriate, comply with AS 2080-1983 or JIS R 3211-1985, vehicles certified to the requirements of any of the “Acceptable Prior Rules” as shown below in the Applicability Table for a particular category are deemed to comply with this national standard.

3.2. Applicability Table

Vehicle Category	ADR Category Code	UNECE Category Code	Manufactured on or After	Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels	LA	L1	1 March 1994	/00 [1]
Moped 3 wheels	LB	L2	1 March 1994	/00 *
Motor cycle	LC	L3	1 March 1994	/00 *
Motor cycle and sidecar	LD	L4	1 March 1994	/00 *
Motor tricycle	LE	L5	1 March 1994	/00 *
Passenger car	MA	M1	1 Jan 1994	/00 *
Forward-control passenger vehicle	MB	M1	1 Jan 1994	/00 *
Off-road passenger vehicle	MC	M1	1 Jan 1994	/00 *
Light omnibus	MD	M2	1 July 1994	/00 *
Heavy omnibus	ME	M3	1 July 1994	/00 *
Light goods vehicle	NA	N1	1 July 1994	/00 *
Medium goods vehicle	NB	N2	1 July 1994	/00 *
Heavy goods vehicle	NC	N3	1 July 1994	/00 *
Very light trailer	TA	O1	N/A
Light trailer	TB	O2	N/A
Medium trailer	TC	O3	N/A
Heavy trailer	TD	O4	N/A

4. DEFINITIONS

4.1. Refer to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.

5. general REQUIREMENTS

5.1. Notwithstanding the requirements of part 8, all glazing material used for external or internal glazing must comply with the other particular requirements of this national standard.

5.2. The glazing material in the instrument panel and lamp lenses is not to be considered “glazing material” for the purpose of this national standard.

5.3. Any glazing material other than glass used in a road vehicle must comply with a standard listed in Part 8 which includes provisions expressly dealing with requirements for non-glass glazing material.

5.4. The glass used in the windscreen of all vehicles must be laminated safety glass which meets the requirements of part 8 and must comply with the optical requirement specified in clause 7.5 of this national standard.

6. MARKING OF GLASS

6.1. All glass must carry the indelible mark or marks of the relevant standards, visible when the glass is fitted in the vehicle.

6.2. The mark or marks must identify the type of glass and the relevant standard to which the glass conforms.

7. GLASS USED FOR WINDSCREENS

7.1. Primary Vision Area - The requirements for the primary vision area for windscreens must be as specified:

7.1.1. in clauses 7.2 and 7.2.1; or

7.1.2. at the option of the ‘Manufacturer’ and in the case of windscreens of passenger cars only, clause 7.3. or

7.1.3. at the option of the ‘Manufacturer’ and in the case of windscreens of vehicles other than passenger cars only, clause 7.4.

7.2. The primary vision area is the area of the windscreen between a plane tangential to the top of the ‘95th Percentile Eye Ellipses’, inclined 10 degrees above the horizontal measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, to a plane tangential to the bottom of the ‘95th Percentile Eye Ellipses’, which includes a horizontal line at ground level transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and 11 m from the rearmost eye position on the ‘95th Percentile Eye Ellipses’, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and between a vertical plane tangential to the outboard of the ‘95th Percentile Eye Ellipses’ and inclined 15 degrees to the right, to a vertical plane tangential to the inboard of the ‘95th Percentile Eye Ellipses’ and inclined 56 degrees to the left.

7.2.1. Notwithstanding the requirements of clause 7.2 it must be permissible to exclude from the primary vision area, any area of glass within 65 mm of the upper and lower edges of the glass and 90 mm of the side edges of the glass.

7.3. For windscreens of passenger cars, “Zone B” as specified in Annex 15 (“Procedure for Determining Test Areas on Passenger Car Windscreens in Relation to the ”V" Points") of ECE R 43/00 Revision 1 of 24 February 1988 “Safety Glazing” – paragraph 2.3, and referenced in Annex 3 - (“General Test Conditions”) paragraph 9.1.2.2.

7.4. For windscreens of other than passenger cars, “Zone I ” as specified in Annex 3 (“General Test Conditions”) of ECE R 43/00 Revision 1 of 24 February 1988 “Safety Glazing” - paragraph 9.2.5.2.3, and referenced in Annex 3 - (“General Test Conditions”) paragraph 9.1.2.2.

7.5. Optical Transmission

7.5.1. There must be not less than 75 per cent optical transmission in the primary vision area.

8. SPECIFICATIONS FOR GLAZING MATERIAL

8.1. All material used for external or internal vehicle glazing must have properties at least equivalent to the requirements of one or more of the following:

8.1.1. Australian Standard AS 2080 -1983 -"Safety Glass for Land Vehicles" up to and including amendment No. 1.

8.1.2. Economic Commission for Europe R-43/00 - “Uniform Provisions concerning Approval of Safety Glazing and Glazing Materials” Revision 1 of 25 February 1988.

8.1.3. British Standards Institution - BS AU178:1980 “Road Vehicle Safety Glass”.

8.1.4. Japanese Industrial Standard - JIS R 3211-1992 “Safety Glasses for Road Vehicles”.

8.1.5. American National Standard - ANSI Z26.1-1980 - “Safety Code for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles Operating on Land Highways”.

8.1.6. New Zealand Standard NZ 5443-1987.

8.1.7. Other ‘Approved’ standard.