Common use of Acceleration test Clause in Contracts

Acceleration test. The manufacturer shall define the position of the reference point in front of line AA' of fully depressing the accelerator. The accelerator shall be fully depressed (as rapidly as is practicable) when the reference point of the vehicle reaches the defined point. The accelerator shall be kept in this depressed condition until the rear of the vehicle reaches line BB'. The accelerator shall then be released as rapidly as possible. The measurement reading shall not end before the rear of the vehicle is 20 m behind the BB' line. The point of fully depressing the accelerator shall be reported in Addendum to the Communication form (Annex 1, Appendix 1). The Technical Service shall have the possibility of pretesting. 1.2.1.2. the accelerator shall be kept in the depressed condition until the reference point reaches BB’ + 5 m for front engine vehicles, and BB’ + 2.5 m for mid-engine vehicles. In the case of articulated vehicles consisting of two non-separable units regarded as a single vehicle, the semi-trailer shall be disregarded in determining when line BB' is crossed.