标准、规范、准则_FMVSS 571.101 Controls, telltales, and indicators.pdfVIP

§ 571.101 Standard No. 101, Controls, telltales, and indicators. S1. Scope. This standard specifies performance requirements for location, identification, color, and illumination of motor vehicle controls, telltales and indicators. S2. Purpose. The purpose of this standard is to ensure the accessibility, visibility and recognition of motor vehicle controls, telltales and indicators, and to facilitate the proper selection of controls under daylight and nighttime conditions, in order to reduce the safety hazards caused by the diversion of the drivers attention from the driving task, and by mistakes in selecting controls. S3. Application. This standard applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses. S4. Definitions. Adjacent, with respect to a control, telltale or indicator, and its identifier means: (a) The identifier is in close proximity to the control, telltale or indicator; and (b) No other control, telltale, indicator, identifier or source of illumination appears between the identifier and the telltale, indicator, or control that the identifier identifies. Common space means an area on which more than one telltale, indicator, identifier, or other message may be displayed, but not simultaneously. Control means the hand-operated part of a device that enables the driver to change the state or functioning of the vehicle or a vehicle subsystem. Indicator means a device that shows the magnitude of the physical characteristics that the instrument is designed to sense. Identifier means a symbol, word, or words used to identify a control, telltale, or indicator. Multi-function control means a control through which the driver may select, and affect the operation of, more than one vehicle function. Multi-task display means a display on which more than one message can be shown simultaneously. Telltale means an optical signal that, when illuminated, indicates the actuation of a device, a correct or improper functio