BS ISO 16121-2:2011 BSl Standards Publication Road vehicles Ergonomic requirements for the driver's workplace in line-service buses Part 2: Visibility bsi. ..making excellence a habit: BS ISO 16121-2:2011 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 16121-2:2011. It supersedes BS ISO 16121-2:2005 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeAUE/12,Safetyrelatedtooccupants. 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. @BSI 2011 ISBN9780580713309 ICS 13.180; 43.080.20 Compliance witha British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and StrategyCommittee on31August 2011. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 16121-2:2011 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16121-2 Second edition 2011-08-01 Road vehicles Ergonomic requirements for the driver's workplace in line-service buses- Part 2: Visibility Vehicules routiersExigences ergonomiquesdupostede conduite danslesbusdeville Partie 2: Visibilite Reference number ISO 16121-2:2011(E) ISO @ISO2011 BS ISO 16121-2:2011 ISO 16121-2:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 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 2011 - All rights reserved BSISO16121-2:2011 ISO 16121-2:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword iv Introduction. Scope. 1 2 Normativereferences... 3 Terms and definitions 4 Visibility... 4.1 Forward blind spot 4.2 Lateral visibility 4.3 View upwards.... 4.4 Viewtopassengercompartment 4.5 Reflections .... Bibliography. @ ISO 2011 - All rights reserved ili BS ISO 16121-2:2011 ISO 16121-2:2011(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 beer non-governmental, in liaison with isO, 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 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 avote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO16121-2was prepared byTechnicalCommitteeISO/TC22,Roadvehicles,Subcommittee SC13 Ergonomicsapplicabletoroadvehicles. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (IsO 16121-2:2005), which has been editorially revised. for the driver's workplace in line-service buses: Part1:General description,basicrequirements Part2:Visibility 一 —Part 3: Information devices and controls Part4:Cabinenvironment iv ISO 2011 All rights reserved BS ISO 16121-2:2011 ISO 16121-2:2011(E) Introduction servicesincreasethealreadyhighphysicalandmentalstrainsonthedriver. related to the design of an enhanced driver workplace.conducted in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom [2][3][4][5][6] have been considered and found to provide recommendations covering similar areas. It is also essential that the designer refers to the specifications and requirements of all parts of isO 16121 (1 to 4) before completing the design of a dri