Article 2 U.K. Definitions

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.