1. Reasons
for Amendment
As autonomous driving agricultural machines and electric agricultural
machines have been developed in line with the Government's smart farm policy
and carbon-neutral policy, this amendment aims to supplement some operational
shortcomings such as providing standards for the approval test (performance and
safety, etc.) for dissemination to agricultural fields and requiring rear-view
mirrors to be installed on the left and right sides of agricultural tractors
for the safety of the driver instead of installing a rear-view mirror only on
the left side.
2. Major
Provisions
A. Clarify applicable provisions when testing safety
standards (Article 4 revised)
○ Simplify “Safety standards, which are detailed standards of the standard
for the approval test for agricultural machinery in Attached Table 1, shall be
B. Safety standards for each agricultural machine in Attached Table 1” to
“Safety standards shall be safety standards for each agricultural machine in
Attached Table 1.”
B. Reset
the review deadline following the revision of the Notice (Article 5
revised)
○ Revise “January 1, 2020” to
“January 1, 2023.”
C. Provide autonomous driving performance standards for autonomous driving
agricultural tractors, combines, and rice-planting machines (subparagraph 1 (c),
subparagraph 3 (c), and subparagraph 4 (c) revised in [Table 1] Standards for
the Test for Approval of Agricultural Machinery)
○ Set the driving path error for
normal work to 70 mm or less considering the distance between rows (300 mm) of
crops (rice).
D. Improve the rear-view mirror installation standard for agricultural
tractors (subparagraph 1 (b) revised in [Table 1] Standards for the Test for Approval of Agricultural
Machinery)
○ Improve the standard so that a
rear-view mirror, which was installed only on the left side*, is
installed on the left and right sides respectively.
* Since a rear-view
mirror is installed only on the left side, it is difficult to deal with
right/rear risk factors.
E. Improve the color and operation
standards of emergency switches to prepare for emergencies* when working with a
combine (subparagraph 3 (b) revised in [Table 1] Standards for the Test for Approval of Agricultural
Machinery)
○ Make the color of the switch red for easy identification of the
emergency switch and improve the standards so that the engine operation light
stops with one operation (touch, press, etc.).
* In the event of accidents in which
the hands or clothes of workers become entangled in the threshing unit, etc.
F. Provide installation standards
for the floor structure and handle of the working plate for loading rice
seedings to prevent slipping when working with a rice-planting machine (subparagraph
4 (b) revised in [Table 1] Standards for the Test for Approval
of Agricultural Machinery)
○ Improve the standards by requiring the floor structure of the working
plate for loading rice seedings to be a porous, uneven structure, etc., and
install handles or handrails so that three-point contact is possible.
G. Clarify the static falling angle
test standards for preventing overturning/rollover accidents of agricultural
power carts (subparagraph 10 (c) revised in [Table 1] Standards for the Test for Approval of Agricultural
Machinery)
○ Clarify standards for the approval test for the static falling angle for
the carts not to overturn to the left/right on a 30.0° left/right slope after
loading 75 kg.
H. Provide emergency switch
installation standards in the event of unexpected sudden backward acceleration*
when working with a farm cultivator (subparagraphs
18 (b) and 37 (b) revised in [Table 1]
Standards for the Test for Approval of Agricultural Machinery)
○ Installation of a red emergency switch that can stop the engine
operation with one operation at a location where the operator can easily
operate it.
* If this phenomenon in which a farm cultivator rapidly retracts toward
the driver when rubble or stones are caught in the rotary blade during
cultivating work with a farm cultivator and the power is not cut off in time,
the driver may be crushed or injured..
I. Realize the power seeder approval
test standard in line with the improvement of the technological level
(subparagraph 17 (c) revised in [Table 1] Standards for the Test for Approval
of Agricultural Machinery)
○ (Group seeding volume deviation) (Current) Do not exceed ±10.0% of
average seeding amount → (Revised) Do not exceed ±8.0% of average seeding
amount
○ (Seeding failure rate
of beans/sesame/radish seeders) (Current) 3.0% or less → (Revised) 2.0% or less
○ (Seeding failure rate
of garlic seeder) (Current) 10.0% or less → (Revised) 5.0% or less
○ (Planting failure rate
of potato seeder) (Current) 3.0% or less → (Revised) 2.0% or less
J. Clarify the standards for
installing a driver's seat belt that can protect the driver in the event of a
rollover accident* of a speed sprayer (subparagraph 19 (b) revised in [Table 1]
Standards for the Test for Approval of Agricultural Machinery)
○ Clarify “a passenger self-propelled speed sprayer equipped with
protective structures must have seat belts attached” to “a passenger
self-propelled speed sprayer must have seat belts attached.”
* There are civil complaints that overturn accidents and fatal accidents
occur frequently as speed sprayers mainly work in an orchard on a slope. (Civil
complaints in May 2022)
K. Provide
standards for battery capacity and safety of electric agricultural machinery (subparagraph 10 revised in [Table 2] Common Safety Standards)
○ (Battery capacity standards) Set the current consumed at the maximum
working speed as the capacity standard under the maximum load working condition
with the prescribed loading capacity
○ (Safety approval test standards) It is necessary to install a switch
that cuts off the battery power and a battery capacity check unit when
agricultural machinery is not in use.
L. Provide safety standards for autonomous driving agricultural machinery (subparagraph 12 newly inserted in [Table 2] Common Safety Standards)
○ Establish standards for attaching functions/devices to cope with
emergencies and out-of-control situations
