German Road Safety Council 2016
Background
With effect from November 2014 all new motor vehicles of category M11 have to be equipped with tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) in accordance with regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of 13 July 2009.
The regulation states that this requirement is appropriate due to the “availability of tyre pressure monitoring systems which enhance at the same time the safety and environmental performance of tyres”.
The German Road Safety Council (DVR) supports this statement. As early as 2007 the introduction of TPMS was recommended by DVR responding to a consultation on preparation of this regulation.
Mandatory installation of TPMS however applies only to vehicles of category M1. TPMS also has positive effects for other vehicles and their safety such as mo- torcycles, delivery vans, goods vehicles and buses as well as trailers (catego- ries L3e, L4e L5e, N1, N2, N3, M2, M3, O2, O3, O41).
Resolutions
signed
Dr. Walter Eichendorf
President
1 Category L3e: Two-wheel vehicles without a sidecar fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3 if of the internal combustion type and/or having a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h
Category L4e: Two-wheel vehicles with a sidecar fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3 if of the internal combustion type and/or having a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h
Category L5e: Vehicles with three symmetrically arranged wheels fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3 if of the internal combustion type and/or a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h
Category N1: Vehicles for the carriage of goods and having a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes
Category N2:Vehicles for the carriage of goods and having a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes
Category N3: Vehicles for the carriage of goods and having a permissible maximum mass exceeding 12 tonnes
Category M1: Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat
Category M2: Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, and having a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 5 tons
Category M3:Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, and having a permissible maximum mass exceeding 5 tons
Category O2: Trailers with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 0.75 tonnes, but not exceeding 3.5 tonnes
Category O3: Trailers with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes, but not exceeding 10 tonnes
Category O4: Trailers with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 10 tonnes