ADR 46/00
Australian Design Rule 46/00 – Headlamps
| Issuing body | ADR |
|---|---|
| Committees | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts |
| First issued | 2006 |
| Latest revision | 2023 |
| Status | active |
| Category | national |
| Topics | dark_adaptation_mesopic, disability_glare, headlamp_performance |
| Reference | https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2006L02294/latest |
Scope
Specifies photometric and construction requirements for vehicle headlamps, directly governing the driver's night forward vision (beam pattern, intensity, reach) and the glare imposed on oncoming drivers.
Related Papers (20)
- Assessment of headlamp glare and potential countermeasures : the effects of headlamp mounting height · 2008 · paper relates to standard · 0.59 (embedding)
- Public Roads: A Journal of Highway Research and Development, Vol. 51 No. 2 · 1987 · paper relates to standard · 0.58 (embedding)
- Headlamps for light based driver assistance ↗ · 2008 · paper relates to standard · 0.58 (embedding)
- CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS FOR OVERHEAD GUIDE SIGN ILLUMINATION FROM VEHICULAR HEADLAMPS ↗ · 1999 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- A Safety Evaluation of UVA Vehicle Headlights · 1998 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- Enhanced Night Visibility Series, Volume XVI : Phase III, Characterization of Experimental Objects · 2005 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- Web-Based Training for FHWA Roadway Lighting Workshop Module 1: Roadway Lighting Design Overview · 2018 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- Evaluation of the Impact of Spectral Power Distribution on Driver Performance · 2015 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- Roadway Lighting Handbook · 1978 · paper relates to standard · 0.57 (embedding)
- Public Roads: A Journal of Highway Research, Vol. 36. No. 12 · 1972 · paper relates to standard · 0.56 (embedding)
- The Twilight Envelope: A User-Centered Approach to Describing Roadway Illumination at Night ↗ · 2001 · paper relates to standard · 0.56 (embedding)
- Driver Vision: Bibliography · 1963 · paper relates to standard · 0.56 (embedding)
- Nighttime Highway Construction Illumination [URTC Report] · 2014 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- Evaluation of Glare Reduction Techniques · 1975 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- Australian road rules · 2009 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- Development of a Model to Calculate Roadway Luminance Induced by Fixed Roadway Lighting ↗ · 2006 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- Roadside Assistance Vehicle Lighting: Review of Scientific Research and State Regulations · 2025 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- Connected vehicle applications for adaptive overhead lighting (on-demand lighting) : final research report. · 2016 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- The accuracy of observers' estimates of the effect of glare on nighttime vision: Do we exaggerate the disabling effects of glare? ↗ · 2010 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)
- The Distribution of Visibility Levels at Target Detection in a Modified Adrian/CIE Visibility Model ↗ · 2009 · paper relates to standard · 0.55 (embedding)