Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regulations (SOR/2010-90)

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PART 5CMVSS 213.3 — Restraint Systems for Disabled Persons

General

Marginal note:Interpretation

500 In this Part, Test Method 213.3 means Test Method 213.3 — Restraint Systems for Disabled Persons (May 2012), published by the Department of Transport.

Marginal note:Restraint of torso and crotch

501 Every restraint system for disabled persons must

• (a) restrain the upper torso by means of

  • (i) in the case of a forward-facing restraint system,

    • (A) belts passing over each shoulder, or

    • (B) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514, or

  • (ii) in the case of a rear-facing restraint system, belts passing over each shoulder;

• (b) restrain the lower torso by means of

  • (i) a pelvic restraint making an angle of at least 45° but not more than 90° with the seating surface of the restraint system at the pelvic restraint attachment points, or

  • (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514; and

• (c) in the case of a forward-facing restraint system, restrain the crotch by means of

  • (i) a crotch belt that is connectable to the pelvic restraint or to any other device used to restrain the lower torso, or

  • (ii) a fixed or movable surface that conforms to the requirements of section 514.

Marginal note:Means of securing restraint system

• 502 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

• Marginal note:Restraint system with tether strap

  (2) If the mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons is equipped with a tether strap and the manufacturer recommends its use, the restraint system must be designed to be secured to a vehicle

  • (a) by means of the tether strap together with a vehicle seat belt, without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) if the restraint system is equipped with a lower connector system and the manufacturer recommends its use, by means of the tether strap together with the lower connector system, without using any other means of attachment.

Marginal note:Audible or visible indication

503 Every mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is equipped with a lower connector system must provide a clear, audible indication when each connector in a lower connector system is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system or a clear, visual indication that each connector is securely attached to the lower universal anchorage system.

Marginal note:Custom restraint system

• 504 (1) Every custom restraint system for a disabled person, other than a custom restraint system for a disabled person that is designed to be used only in school buses, must be designed to be secured to a vehicle by means of a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system, without using any other means of attachment.

• Marginal note:Custom restraint system — school buses

  (2) Every custom restraint system for a disabled person that is designed to be used only in school buses must be designed to be secured to a school bus by either or both of the following means:

  • (a) a vehicle seat belt together with the tether strap provided with the restraint system, without using any other means of attachment; and

  • (b) belts that wrap around a school bus seat or seat back, without using any other means of attachment.

Marginal note:Flammability

505 Every restraint system for disabled persons must be constructed only of materials that conform to the requirements of TSD 302.

Belts, Buckles and Webbing

Marginal note:Belts

506 Every belt that is part of a restraint system for disabled persons and that is designed to restrain a disabled person must not impose on the person any loads that result from the mass of the restraint system.

Marginal note:Release mechanism of a belt

507 Every release mechanism of a belt used in a restraint system for disabled persons must

• (a) be easy to locate and to operate and be readily accessible to a person assisting the disabled person;

• (b) be designed to minimize the possibility of accidental release; and

• (c) not be of the hook and loop fastener type (for example, a Velcro-type fastener).

Marginal note:Conformity with TSD 209

508 Every belt buckle and related piece of adjustment hardware and every tether strap attachment and related piece of adjustment hardware that are part of a restraint system for disabled persons must conform to the requirements of S4.3(a)(2) and (b) of TSD 209.

Marginal note:Belts or movable surfaces designed to restrain a person — mass-produced restraint systems

509 Every belt or movable surface that is part of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons and that is designed to restrain a disabled person must be adjustable to snugly fit a person whose mass and height are within the ranges indicated in the statement referred to in paragraph 521(1)(d), when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c).

Marginal note:Belt buckles — mass-produced restraint systems

510 Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain a disabled person in a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons must

• (a) under the conditions set out in section 3 of Test Method 213.3,

  • (i) not release when any force of less than 40 N is applied, and

  • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 62 N is applied;

• (b) under the conditions set out in section 5 of Test Method 213.3, release when a force of not more than 71 N is applied;

• (c) conform to the requirements of S4.3(d)(2) of TSD 209, except that the surface area of a belt buckle designed for push-button application must be at least 385 mm²;

• (d) conform to the requirements of S4.3(g) of TSD 209; and

• (e) not release during the dynamic tests specified in section 4 of Test Method 213.3.

Marginal note:Belt buckles — custom restraint systems

511 Every belt buckle that is fitted on a belt designed to restrain a disabled person in a custom restraint system for a disabled person must

• (a) under the conditions set out in section 6 of Test Method 213.3,

  • (i) not release when any force of less than 40 N is applied, and

  • (ii) release when a force of at least 40 N but not more than 71 N is applied;

• (b) conform to the requirements of S4.3(d)(2) of TSD 209, except that the surface area of a belt buckle designed for push-button application must be at least 385 mm²; and

• (c) conform to the requirements of S4.3(g) of TSD 209.

Marginal note:Webbing

512 Any webbing that is designed to secure a restraint system for disabled persons to a user-ready tether anchorage or to a lower universal anchorage system, or to restrain a disabled person within the restraint system, must

• (a) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, before being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, for resistance to light as specified in S5.1(e) of TSD 209 or for resistance to micro-organisms as specified in S5.1(f) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of

  • (i) at least 15 000 N, in the case of webbing designed to secure the restraint system to the user-ready tether anchorage or to the lower universal anchorage system, or

  • (ii) at least 11 000 N, in the case of webbing designed to restrain a disabled person within the restraint system;

• (b) when tested in accordance with S5.1(b) of TSD 209, after being tested for resistance to abrasion as specified in S5.1(d) or S5.3(c) of TSD 209, have a breaking strength of at least 75% of its initial breaking strength;

• (c) conform to the requirements respecting breaking strength set out in S4.2(e) and (f) of TSD 209;

• (d) in the case of a custom restraint system for a disabled person, have a width of not less than 38 mm, measured as specified in S5.1(a) of TSD 209, if contactable by the torso of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system; and

• (e) in the case of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons, have a width of not less than 38 mm, measured as specified in S5.1(a) of TSD 209, if contactable by the torso of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c).

Contactable Surfaces

Marginal note:Removable surfaces

513 A surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is placed in front of the disabled person must be removable when the restraint system is installed in a vehicle, unless the surface is designed to restrain the person.

Marginal note:Cross-sections of surface

514 Every horizontal cross-section of a surface of a restraint system for disabled persons that is designed to limit the forward movement of a disabled person must be flat or concave, and every vertical longitudinal cross-section of that surface must be flat or convex with a radius of curvature of the underlying structure of not less than 50 mm.

Marginal note:Rigid structural elements

515 Any rigid structural element underlying a contactable surface of a restraint system for disabled persons must not have

• (a) a protrusion, with any padding or flexible overlay material removed, of more than 9.5 mm; or

• (b) an exposed edge with a radius of less than 6.4 mm.

Marginal note:Surface contactable by head — custom restraint system for a disabled person

• 516 (1) Every surface of a custom restraint system for a disabled person that is contactable by the head of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material that, when tested in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.3, has

  • (a) a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but less than 12 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance.

• Marginal note:Surface contactable by head — mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons

  (2) Every surface of a mass-produced restraint system for disabled persons that is contactable by the head of a disabled person when the person is positioned in the restraint system in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(b) and the restraint system is adjusted in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph 524(1)(c) must be covered with slow-recovery, energy-absorbing material that, when tested in accordance with section 7 of Test Method 213.3, has

  • (a) a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance;

  • (b) a thickness of not less than 12 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 12 kPa but not more than 70 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance; and

  • (c) a thickness of not less than 19 mm, if the material has a resistance of not less than 4 kPa but less than 12 kPa at 25% of compression-deflection resistance.