SAE J1138_200908

Design Criteria???Driver Hand Controls Location for Passenger Cars Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles and Trucks (10 000 GVW and Under)

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
SAE	2009	–

SAE J1138 – Design Criteria???Driver Hand Controls Location for Passenger Cars Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles and Trucks (10 000 GVW and Under)

The purpose of this SAE Recommended Practice is to describe design criteria pertaining to the location and labeling of hand controls including embedded displays and controls when displayed necessary to or frequently used during the operation of passenger cars MPV and trucks 10 000 GVW and under designed for left-hand drive operation. The results of SAE human factors research have strongly influenced these recommendations specifically in the areas of driver reach control-locating performance and control location expectancies. Deviations from this recommended practice should be made only after careful study of the various SAE publications on these subjects. This document does not include hand-held devices such as remote controls or cellular phones.