AS NZS 1906.2 2007 Retroreflective

AS/NZS1906.2:2007Australian/NewZealandStandard™RetroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposesPart2:Retroreflectivedevices(non-pavementapplication)AS/NZS1906.2:2007AS/NZS1906.2:2007ThisJointAustralian/NewZealandStandardwaspreparedbyJointTechnicalCommitteeMS-049,RetroreflectiveDevices.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon19January2007andonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsNewZealandon19December2006.ThisStandardwaspublishedon21February2007.ThefollowingarerepresentedonCommitteeMS-049:AUSTROADSAccidentCompensationCorporation,NewZealandAustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryAustralianIndustryGroupAWTATextileTestingLandTransportSafetyAuthority,N.Z.NationalAssociationofTestingAuthoritiesAustraliaRoadmarkingIndustryAssociationofAustraliaRoadSafetyManufacturersAssociation,NewZealandTheUniversityofNewSouthWalesTransitNewZealandVictorianCollegeofOptometryKeepingStandardsup-to-dateStandardsarelivingdocumentswhichreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentswhichmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspurchased.DetailedinformationaboutjointAustralian/NewZealandStandardscanbefoundbyvisitingtheStandardsWebShopat:2007Australian/NewZealandStandard™RetroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposesPart2:Retroreflectivedevices(non-pavementapplication)COPYRIGHT©StandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.JointlypublishedbyStandardsAustralia,GPOBox476,Sydney,NSW2001andStandardsNewZealand,PrivateBag2439,Wellington6020ISBN0733780512Originated,inAustralia,inpartasAS1906.2—1981andAS2445.2—1981.AS1906.2—1981andAS2445.2—1981jointlyrevised,amalgamatedanddesignatedasAS/NZS1906.2:2007.AS/NZS1906.2:20072PREFACEThisStandardwaspreparedbytheJointAustralia/NewZealandCommitteeMS-049,RetroreflectiveDevicesandsupersedesAS1906.2—1981,Retroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposes,Part2:Retroreflectivedevices(non-pavementapplication)andAS2445.2—1981,Methodsofsamplingandtestingretroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposes,Part2:Retroreflectivedevices(non-pavementapplication).ItisoneofaseriesofStandardsonretroreflectivedevicesasfollows:AS/NZS1906Retroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposes1906.1Part1:Retroreflectivesheeting1906.2Part2:Retroreflectivedevices(non-pavementapplication)(thisStandard)1906.4Part4:HighvisibilitymaterialsforsafetygarmentsAS1906Retroreflectivematerialsanddevicesforroadtrafficcontrolpurposes1906.3Part3:Raisedpavementmarkers(retroreflectiveandnon-retroreflective)TheobjectiveofthisStandardistoprovideroadauthorities,manufacturersandtestingauthoritieswithauniformsupplyspecificationforretroreflectivedevices.Thefollowingaretheprincipalchangesandadditionstothisedition:(a)ProvisionfordelineatorstobemadefromClass1Aretroreflectivesheetingasanalternativetodiscretedeviceretroreflectors.(b)Greaterflexibilityinthephysicalsizeandshapeofretroreflectors.(c)Durabilityexposuretobedeterminedintermsofreceivedradiantenergyratherthanfixedexposuretime.(d)Referencetosignbuttonsdeleted.Theterms‘normative’and‘informative’havebeenusedinthisStandardtodefinetheapplicationoftheappendixtowhichtheyapply.A‘normative’appendixisanintegralpartofaStandard,whereasan‘informative’appendixisonlyforinformationandguidance.3AS/NZS1906.2:20073CONTENTSPageSECTION1SCOPEANDGENERAL1.1SCOPE........................................................................................................................41.2REFERENCEDDOCUMENTS..................................................................................41.3DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................41.4DESCRIPTION...........................................................................................................4SECTION2RETROREFLECTORS—DISCRETEDEVICETYPE2.1GENERA