BS ISO 4040:2009

This standard BS ISO 4040:2009 Road vehicles. Location of hand controls, indicators and tell-tales in motor vehicles is classified in these ICS categories:

• 43.040.30 Indicating and control devices

This International Standard specifies the location of controls in motor vehicles by subdividing the space within reach of drivers into specific zones, to which certain controls essential to the safe operation of vehicles are assigned. It also specifies certain combinations of functions for multifunction controls and the degree to which certain indicators and tell-tales are to be visible.

This International Standard is applicable to hand-operated controls, to indicators and to tell-tales in all motor vehicles, excluding motorcycles and mopeds, as defined in ISO 3833.

NOTE A specification for a control indicator or tell-tale does not imply that the item needs to be fitted.