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Seat Belt Reminder for Passengers Evaluation Test

Testing Methods

The Passenger Seat Belt Reminder (PSBR) is a device that notifies the driver and others when a passenger other than the driver is not wearing a seat belt. The objective is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries by seeking to increase the seat belt use rate among passengers other than the driver. The testing confirms the operating conditions of the PSBR (the alarm timing, the alarm duration, types of alarm and display location, etc.).

Passenger Seat Belt Reminder (PSBR) Evaluation

Evaluation Methods

Testing is carried out by checking whether requirements are met for the front and rear passenger seats.
The points are calculated from the difference between a visual alarm and auditory alarm for each seat.
If there are multiple seats, the score will be divided by the number of seats and the score will be the amount that can be confirmed.
The total score is used to perform evaluation on a five-level rating.

Main requirements
Type of alarm Visual alarm or auditory alarm
Start of alarm Front passenger seat Within 60seconds, within 500m, or at a speed of under 25km/h after the car is in motion
Rear passenger seat Depending on the specifications of the car manufacturer
Duration of alarm 30 seconds or more
Length of alarm intervals Must not be longer than 30 seconds
Alarm for change of status Emitting warnings immediately if the carʼs speed is faster than 25 km/h and seatbelts are not buckled

Evaluation scores after 2020

Front Passenger Seatbelt Reminder
RequirementsPoint
Visual Alarm & Audio AlarmWhen the alarm indicator and the alarm sound can be confirmed from the driver seat0.9
Audio AlarmWhen the alarm sound can be confirmed from the front passenger seat0.6
Rear Seatbelt Reminder
RequirementsPoint
Visual Alarm & Audio AlarmWhen the alarm indicator and the alarm sound can be confirmed from the driver seat (the change of status alarm)0.9
Visual AlarmWhen the alarm indicator for the seat in question can be confirmed from the back seat (the rear seatbelt alarm)0.2
When the alarm indicator for the seat in question can be confirmed from the back seat (the change of status alarm)0.2
Audio AlarmWhen the audio alarm for the seat in question can be confirmed from the back seat (the rear seatbelt alarm)0.4
When the audio alarm for the seat in question can be confirmed from the back seat (the change of status alarm)0.4

Evaluation scores until 2019

Interpretation of evaluation results

2020 or later

Based on the presence or absence of each seat and the total evaluation points for the passenger and rear seats, the evaluation is based on a maximum of 4 points.

Level 53.16 points or more
Level 42.71 or more points and under 3.16 points
Level 32.26 or more points and under 2.71 points
Level 21.81 or more points and under 2.26 points
Level 1Under 1.81

Until 2019

Based on the presence or absence of each seat and the total evaluation points for the passenger and rear seats, the evaluation is based on a maximum of 100 points.
In addition, the score converted to a maximum of 8 points is displayed for collision safety performance evaluation.

Level 590 points or more
Level 475 or more points and under 90 points
Level 360 or more points and under 75 points
Level 245 or more points and under 60 points
Level 1Under 45

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