GB 7258-2012 Safety specifications for power-driven vehicles operating on roads
1 Scope
This Standard sets out the basic technical requirements for the operating safety of complete vehicle, as well as main assemblies, safety protection devices, etc. of power-driven vehicles. Also, it puts forward extra requirements for fire engines, ambulances, wreckers, police vehicles and vehicles for handicapped driving.
This Standard applies to all the power-driven vehicles operating on roads in China, but not to trams or wheeled mobile machinery for special purpose designed, manufactured and mainly used on closed roads and sites.
Note: Tram means any road vehicle operating on track, propelled by motor and supplied with overhead grid.
2 Normative References
The documents below are inevitable for the application of this Standard. In the case of any document with an indicated date, only the indicated version applies to this Standard. In the case of any document without any indicated date, the latest versions (inclusive of all the amendment sheets) shall be applicable to this Standard.
GB 1589 Limits of dimensions, axle load and masses for road vehicles
GB/T 2408-2008 Plastics – Determination of the burning behavior of horizontal and vertical specimens
GB/T 3181 Color standard for paint film
GB 4094 Motor vehicles – Symbols for controls, indicators, and tell-tales
GB 4599 Photometric characteristics of headlamps for motor vehicles
GB 4785 Installation specifications of the external lighting and signaling devices for motor vehicles and their trailers
GB 5948 Photometric characteristics of incandescent-filament headlamps for motorcycles
GB 8108 Vehicle-used electronic siren
GB/T 8196 Safety of machinery – Guards – General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
GB 8410-2006 Flammability of automotive interior materials
GB 9656 Safety glazing material for motor vehicle
GB 10396 Tractors and machinery for agricultural and forestry, power-driven machinery for lawn and garden – Safety signs
GB 11567.1 Side protection requirements for motor vehicles and trailers
GB 11567.2 Rear and underrun protection requirements for motor vehicles and trailers
GB/T 12428 Laden mass calculation of buses
GB 12268 List of dangerous goods1
GB12676 Vehicle braking system, structure, performance and test method
GB 13057 Strength of bus seats and anchorage fittings
GB 13365 Spark arrester
GB 13392 The vehicle mark for road transportation dangerous goods
GB/T 13594 ABS performance and testing method for motor vehicles and trailers
GB 13954 Symbol lamps for special vehicles
GB/T 14172 Static roll stability test method for motor vehicles
GB 15084 Motor vehicles – Rear view mirrors – Requirements of performance and installation
GB 15365 Motorcycle: graphical signs for controls, indicators, and signaling devices
GB 16735 Road vehicle – Vehicle identification number (VIN) GB/T 16887 Safety requirements for sleeper bus construction
GB 17352 Rear-view mirror performance and its installation requirements for motorcycle and moped
GB/T 17578 Provisions of strength for the superstructure of bus
GB/T 17676 Natural gas vehicle and liquefied petroleum gas vehicle – Identification marks
GB 18100.1 Specifications for the installation of lighting and optico-signalling devices of motorcycle Part 1: Motorcycle
GB 18100.2 Specifications for the installation of lighting and optico-signalling devices of motorcycle Part 2: Moped
GB 18100.3 Specifications for the installation of lighting and optico-signalling devices of motorcycle Part 3: Three-wheel motorcycle
GB/T 18411 Road vehicles – Manufacturer’s plate
GB 18447.1 Safety requirements for tractors - Part 1��Wheeled tractors
GB 18564.1 Road tanker for dangerous liquid goods transportation�DPart 1:
Technical requirements of atmospheric pressure metal tank
GB 18564.2 Road tanker for dangerous liquid goods transportation - Part 2:
Technical requirements of atmospheric pressure non-metal tank
GB 18565 Multiple performance requirements and detecting methods for commercial vehicle
GB/T 18697-2002 Acoustics--Measurement of noise inside motor vehicles
GB/T 19056 Vehicle travel data recorder
GB 19151 Triangular warning board for motor vehicle
GB 19152 Photometric characteristics of headlamps for moped GB 20074 External projections from motorcycles and mopeds
GB 20075 Hand-holds on motorcycles with two wheels
GB20300 Safety specifications for road transportation vehicle of explosive substance and chemical toxic substance
GB 21259 Headlamps equipped with gas-discharge light sources for motor vehicle
GB 23254 Retro-reflective markings for trucks and trailers
GB 24315 Marking for school bus
GB24406 The strength of seats and their anchorages of special school bus for schoolchildren
GB24407 Safety Technical Requirements for Special School Bus
GB/T 24545 Requirement of speed limitation system for motor vehicles
GB/T 25978 Road vehicle plate and label
GB 25990 Rear-marking Plates for Vehicles
GB25991 LED Headlamp for Motor vehicles
GA 524 Specification of 2004 style police vehicle unified appearance coating
GA 525 Specification of 2004 style police motorcycle unified appearance coating
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and their definitions shall apply throughout this Standard.
3.1 Power-driven vehicle
Means any dynamically propelled or towed wheeled vehicle which, running on roads, is intended for carrying passengers and/or goods or for undertaking special jobs, including motor vehicles and combination vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds, tractors towing trailer for transportation, roller mobile machinery shops for special purpose, trailers.
3.2 Motor vehicle
Means any dynamically propelled vehicle which, with four or more wheels and not running on track, is mainly used for:
-- carrying passengers and/or cargo (goods);
