This standard specifies basic requirements for controls, indicators and tell-tales symbols and positions of motor vehicles as well as the display color of tell-tale.
This standard is applicable to motor vehicles of Categories M and N.
This standard is not applicable to controls, indicators and tell-tales specific to electric vehicles.
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 4782 Road Vehicles - Controls, Indicators and Tell-tales - Vocabulary
ISO 2575 Road Vehicles - Symbols for Controls, Indicators and Tell-tales
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 4782 and the following apply.
3.1
control
a member operated manually by the driver to change the working status or function of a motor vehicle or a certain device on the motor vehicle
3.2
indicator
a device that displays the working conditions of a motor vehicle and its components using the scope of their physical characteristics (e.g., scale values or digital display)
3.3
tell-tale
an optical signal, which, when lit, indicates the activation of a device on the vehicle, or the normal state or failure of certain function or condition of a motor vehicle, or a certain kind of functional fault
