GERMAN SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNS: (1) CONDITIONS OF QUALITY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNS; (2) PROVISIONAL DIRECTIVE REGARDING THE LUMINANCE OF LARGE TRAFFIC SIGNS INTERNALLY LIGHTED FOR HEAVILY-TRAFFICKED ROADS IN THE FEDERAL GERMAN REPUBLIC

SPECIFICATIONS ALLEMANDES CONCERNANT LES PANNEAUX DE SIGNALISATION ROUTIERE : (1) CONDITIONS DE QUALITE POUR LES PANNEAUX DE SIGNALISATION ROUTIERE ; (2) DIRECTIVES PROVISOIRES EN MATIERE DE LUMINANCE POUR LES PANNEAUX DE SIGNALISATION DE GRANDE DIMENSION ECLAIRES DE L'INTERIEUR, DESTINES A ETRE IMPLANTES SUR LES ROUTES FEDERALES A GRANDE CIRCULATION

THE FIRST DOCUMENT DEALS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AS REGARDS THE QUALITY AND TESTS FOR ENAMELLED TRAFFIC SIGNS, PAINTED TRAFFIC SIGNS AND REFLECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNS. THE LIFETIME REQUIRED FOR ENAMELLED SIGNS IS 15 YEARS, FOR PAINTED SIGNS AND REFLECTIVE SIGNS 2 YEARS. THE LUMINOUS INTENSITY COEFFICIENT OF REFLECTIVE MATERIALS AFTER 2 YEARS OF NATURAL AGEING MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 20% LOWER THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR NEW MATERIALS. THE SECOND DOCUMENT DEALS WITH THE PHOTOMETRIC AND COLORIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF LARGE INTERNALLY LIGHTED SIGNS INSTALLED ALONG HEAVILY-TRAFFICKED ROADS. THE COLOURS OF THE SIGNS IN DAY VISION (WHEN THE SIGNS ARE NOT LIGHTED) AND THE COLOURS OF THE LIGHTED SIGNS MUST APPEAR THE SAME. LUMINANCE REQUIREMENTS DIFFER DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE ZONE HAS STREET LIGHTING OR NOT AND WHETHER THE CHARACTERS ON THE SIGN ARE LIGHT COLOURED ON A DARK BACKGROUND OR VICE VERSA. THIS REPORT IS A TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN INTO FRENCH; THE ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION WAS : GUETEBEDINGUNGEN FUE VERKEHRSZEICHEN GUETESCHUTZGEMEINSCHAFT VERKEHRSZEICHEN E.V. ; VORLAUFIGE LICHTTECHNISCHE RICHTLINIEN FUER INNENBELEUCHTETE, UEBERGROSSE VERKEHRSZEICHEN AN BUNDESFERNSTRASSEN.

• Corporate Authors:

  BUNDESMINISTER FUER VERKEHR

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  GUETESCHUTZGEMEINSCHAFT VERKEHRSZEICHEN E.V.

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• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: 37P
• Serial:
  • TRADUCTION LCPC 79 T 1
  • Issue Number: 79 T 1
  • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Durability; Legibility; Lettering; Luminance; Luminous intensity; Paint; Photometry; Reflectivity; Reflectorized materials; Specifications; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Translations
• ITRD Terms: 6784: Colour; 5910: Durability; GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) ; 540: Legibility; 541: Lettering; 505: Light intensity; 525: Luminance; 3807: Paint; 6761: Photometry; 5926: Reflectivity; 4523: Reflectorized material; 177: Specifications; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; 8538: Translation
• Subject Areas: I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01295359
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 4:59AM