CIE 074-1988

Road signs

Issuing bodyCIE
CommitteesCIE (International Commission on Illumination)
First issued1988
Latest revision1988
Statusactive
Categoryinternational
Topicshazard_perception, sign_visibility_legibility, vehicle_conspicuity
Referencehttps://cie.co.at/publications/lighting-traffic-signs

Scope

Technical report restricted to matters of direct concern to the road user (not engineering aspects), reviewing the visual effectiveness of road signs through four aspects: conspicuity, legibility, comprehensibility, and credibility. Includes variable message signs, retroreflection, environmental conditions, and sign maintenance (144 pages, 36 figures, 15 tables). Successor work to CIE 035 (Lighting of Traffic Signs).

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