GTB has just completed its week-long session in Vienna, hosted by its Austrian delegation, and it has once again shown that the increasing participation trend is continuing.
| GTB experts during the 116th session of the Committee of Experts |
The main items discussed in relation to the GTB vision and work-plan were:
- How to anticipate the regulatory challenges that will be presented by the new technologies such as “laser light”, “matrix beam”, “next generation driver assistance and adaptive systems”, “OLED’s” etc.
- The GTB study to define new criteria for the compensation of the aim of the dipped beam in respect of vehicle loading.
- Simplification of Regulations
- Technical harmonisation
- The impact of IWVTA on the lighting regulations
- GTB Cooperation with the SAE International Lighting Systems Group and NHTSA
GTB meetings fixed for 2014 are as follows:
- February 2014: Intermediate working group meetings – Torino, Italy,
- May 2014: 117 th plenary session in Granada, Spain
- July 2014: Intermediate working group meetings- Venue to be confirmed
- Nov. 2014: 118 th plenary session in China
Subsequent meetings already announced are:
- May 2015: 119 th plenary session in Belgium
- Nov. 2016: 122 nd plenary session in Taiwan
A detailed report done by the GTB President, Geoff Draper will be published next week.
