As 2142-1978 Reflectors For Pedal Bicycles
As 2142-1978 Reflectors For Pedal Bicycles
As 2142-1978 Reflectors For Pedal Bicycles
Australian Standard
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REFLECTORS
FOR PEDAL BICYCLES
[Title allocated by Defence Cataloguing Authority:
REFLECTOR, LIGHT (Pedal Bicycle, Photometric and
Colorimetric Requirements)
NATO Supply Classification: 6260]
The following scientific, industrial, consumer and governmental organizations and
departments were officially represented on the committee entrusted with the
preparation of this standard:
This standard, prepared by Committee CS/10, Pedal Bicycles, was approved on behalf
of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia on 9 December 1977, and was
published on 1 April 1978.
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This standard was issued in draft form for public review as DR 77017.
AS 2142—1978
Australian Standard
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REFLECTORS
FOR PEDAL BICYCLES
PREFACE
This standard specifies the colorimetric and photometric performance of such reflectors.
These requirements are similar to those specified in the U.S. regulations and the committee
considered that these should be the minimum requirements for bicycle reflectors in Australia.
In particular all reflectors, except pedal reflectors, must meet photometric requirements for
entrance angles up to and including 50 degrees left and right. Many reflectors in use at
present reflect less light than is specified in this standard, this light being reflected within the
smaller range of entrance angles of up to 30 degrees left and right.
Reflectors complying with this standard and mounted in accordance with the requirements
specified in AS 1927 will make a bicycle more easily visible. Visibility depends on the
reflectors being kept in a clean condition and being illuminated by clean and correctly
adjusted dipped headlights. It is emphasized that the efficiency of a wide angle reflector
depends critically on the reflector being mounted correctly, especially in regard to its rotation
about its own axis which is the line perpendicular to the backing plate of the reflector passing
through the centre of the reflector face.
The photometric test methods are drawn from AS 1906, Retroreflective Materials and Devices
for Road Traffic Control Purposes, Part 1 — Retroreflective Materials. The colorimetric test
methods are tentative pending international agreement. A visual method to facilitate the
checking of colour is included for use where a suitable instrument is unavailable.
It is strongly recommended that in view of the nature of this standard, manufacturers and
purchasers make use of the scheme operated by the Standards Association of Australia,
whereby the product may bear the certification mark of SAA (see Note to Clause 7).
1 SCOPE. This specification sets out photometric and colorimetric requirements for
retroreflective devices (reflectors) for pedal bicycles.
3 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this specification, the following definitions apply;
Observation angle (α) — the angle formed by a line from the point of observation to the
centre of the reflector with a second line from the centre of the reflector to the source of
illumination (see Appendix A, Fig. A1).
Entrance angle (β) — the angle between the axis of the reflector and a line from the centre
of the reflector to the source of illumination (see Appendix A, Fig. A1). The entrance angle
is designated left, right, up or down in accordance with the position of the source of
illumination with respect to the axis of the reflector, as viewed behind the reflector (see
Appendix A, Fig. A2).
Rotation angle ( ) — the angle about the axis of the reflector, measured from an arbitrary
starting point, through which the retroreflective device is rotated during photometric testing.
Axis of reflector — the line perpendicular to the backing plate of the reflector passing through
the centre of the reflector face.
Luminour intensity — the intensity of luminous flux in a given direction from a light source.
It is the quotient of the luminous flux leaving the source, propagated in an element of solid
angle containing the given direction, divided by the element of solid angle. The unit is the
candela (cd).
Illuminance — the amount of luminous flux reaching a surface. It is the quotient of the
luminous flux incident in an element of the surface divided by the area of that element. The
unit is the lux (lx).
Illuminance at the retroreflective device — the illuminance produced by the source of light
and measured in a plane perpendicular to the incident light beam and passing through the
centre of the test specimen.
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