RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ROADWAY SIGN LIGHTING

The legibility of highway signs is an important aspect of the driving task. Recognizing this, the Roadway Lighting Committee in the early 1970's prepared recommendations that would provide a uniform means of lighting signs so that the message and sign shapes and color will appear the same, night or day. This recommended practice is a revision and expansion of that report, "Roadway Sign illumination," published in October 1974.

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  Illuminating Engineering Society

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  New York, NY  United States  10005-4001
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 141-145
• Serial:
  • Illuminating Engineering Society, Journal of
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society
  • ISSN: 0099-4480

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Guidelines; Legibility; Lighting; Recommendations; Shape; Signs; Standardization; Symbols; Traffic signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sign legend
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 895
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM