Chairperson of Flex-TEG, Japan Informal document No. GRSP-40-14 (40th GRSP, 12-15 December 2006, agenda item A.1.) Transmitted by the expert from Japan Status Report on Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor Technical Evaluation Group (Flex-TEG) Activities Atsuhiro Konosu Chairperson of Flex-TEG, Japan Thank you chairman, and good after noon ladies and gentlemen. My name is Atsuhiro Konosu, and I assigned a task of chairperson of Flex-TEG MT. In this presentation, I would like to explain its activities so far.

Flex-TEG Overall Schedule 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2005 2006 2007 Flex-TEG Overall Schedule Flex-TEG meeting Flex-G activities Flex-GT activities 1st 2nd 3rd - Developments - Evaluation Tests - Developments/ Flex-G modifications Flex-GT (prototype) Flex-G (finalization) 4th (TBD) Flex-GT model Human model TRL model Each model’s kinematics, loading levels, and finalization of Flex-GT specifications are being compared. Much more time is being taken than we expected. GRSP meeting 38th we are here 39th 40th 41st (final) JAMA, BASt, J-MLIT JAMA, J-MLIT Round-robin tests JAMA BASt J-MLIT