5 MPH bumper requirements
12-18-2005, 03:26 AM
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5 MPH bumper requirements
Does anyone know what the current bumper requirements are? I could have sworn that my 1998 and 2002 Camaros had a little sticker saying that they were designed to survive a 2.5mph impact. Is my memory faulty?
I'm wondering because of a side comment by RP in the SS thread, saying that a clinic vehicle had bumpers that wouldn't take a 5 mph impact.
Has there been a change in law or policy within GM such that 5 mph bumpers are now a requirement?
I'm wondering because of a side comment by RP in the SS thread, saying that a clinic vehicle had bumpers that wouldn't take a 5 mph impact.
Has there been a change in law or policy within GM such that 5 mph bumpers are now a requirement?
12-18-2005, 07:09 AM
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Re: 5 MPH bumper requirements
Originally Posted by WERM
They are still a requirement in Canada, I think.
Under the Canadian bumper standard, the vehicle is impacted into a fixed-collision barrier that is perpendicular to its line of travel while the vehicle is traveling longitudinally forward at 8 km/h (5 mph) and longitudinally backward at 8 km/h (5 mph), with its engine operating at idle speed. Every vehicle is impacted twice on the front and rear surfaces and once on each front and rear corner with the impact line at any height between 500mm (20 inches) and 400mm (16 inches). While the impact speed in the Canadian standard is higher than that in the U.S. standard, the Canadian standard has less stringent protective criteria. Specifically, the protective criteria for the Canadian standard requires that the vehicle does not touch the test device, except on the impact ridge with a force that exceeds 2000 lbs. on the combined surface of the test device.
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12-18-2005, 10:08 AM
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Re: 5 MPH bumper requirements
lol my 94 firebird got smacked around at 20 mph... no dent, just a little rubbed off paint... messed up the ford bumper tho!
also my ex-gf hit a car at 3 mph or so... no damage to either car...
also my ex-gf hit a car at 3 mph or so... no damage to either car...
12-18-2005, 01:08 PM
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Re: 5 MPH bumper requirements
Originally Posted by sselie
Yup, and they are based on a 8 km/hr (5 mph) standard with a couple of differences:
... and I believe this is one of the major reasons why the GTO is not available in Canada.
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... and I believe this is one of the major reasons why the GTO is not available in Canada.
Full document can be found at
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/proble...per/Index.html
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.Funny, 'cause a lot of people say "GTO's are better built than F-bodies" ... hmmm?
At least F-bodies could stand a 5 mph hit
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12-19-2005, 01:30 AM
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Re: 5 MPH bumper requirements
Originally Posted by zlightning
Bumpers are made to absorb shock so they will crunch although a 5mph hit shouldn't do damage in my mind.
12-19-2005, 08:16 AM
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Re: 5 MPH bumper requirements
True, it is indeed the 5 mph bumper rule that keeps the GTO out of Canada. In the early 70s the US also implemented the 5mph guideline - up from 2.5 - as well but somewhere in the intervening years relaxed it back to 2.5mph whereas Canada continued on with the 5mph guideline. Australia also apparently adheres to the 2.5 mph standards.
The GTO is disqualifed because of the bumpers and the fact that there is no conversion package available to bring the car into accordance with Canadian standards.
If anyone is interested or curious, here is a link to the list of vehicles allowed and not allowed into Canada from the US and what has to be done to make vehicles "legal" for Canadian streets.
The GTO is disqualifed because of the bumpers and the fact that there is no conversion package available to bring the car into accordance with Canadian standards.
If anyone is interested or curious, here is a link to the list of vehicles allowed and not allowed into Canada from the US and what has to be done to make vehicles "legal" for Canadian streets.
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