BS ISO 4040:2009 BRITISHSTANDARD Road yehicles Location of hand controls, indicators and tell-tales in motor vehicles ICS 43.040.30 BSi British Standards BS ISO 4040:2009 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 4040:2009. It supersedes BS AU 199a:1997 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AUE/12, Safety related to occupants. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication was published under the authority of the Standards Date Policy and Strategy Comments Committee on 28 February 2009 BSI 2009 ISBN 978 0580 59898 2 BS IS0 4040:2009 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 4040 Fifth edition 2009-02-01 Road vehicles Location of hand controls, indicators and tell-tales in motor vehicles VehiculesroutiersEmplacementdescommandesmanuelles,des indicateurs etdestemoinssurlesvehiculesamoteur Referencenumber ISO 4040:2009(E) @ISO2009 BS ISO 4040:2009 ISO4040:2009(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2009 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any fom or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IsO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2009 All rights reserved BSISO 4040:2009 ISO4040:2009(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with IsoO, also take part in the work. Iso collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.ISOshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights. ISO4040 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22,Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 13 Ergonomics applicable to roadvehicles. Is0 2009-All rights reserved ili BS IS0 4040:2009 ISO4040:2009(E) Introduction There is a recognized potential for errors in the selection of controls essential to the safe operation of a vehicle if these controls are not found in similar locations in all vehicles. The standardization of these control locations is therefore considered to be a logical