EN 12966-2:2005

Road vertical signs - Variable message traffic signs - Part 2: Initial type testing

This document specifies the requirements for Initial Type Testing (ITT) and is designed to be read in conjunction with Part 1.

Vertikale Verkehrszeichen - Wechselverkehrszeichen - Teil 2: Erstprüfung

Dieses Dokument legt die Anforderungen fest an die Erstprüfung (ITT, en: initial type testing) für Hersteller
von Wechselverkehrszeichen und ist in Verbindung mit Teil 1 zu lesen.

Signaux de signalisation routière verticale - Panneaux à messages variables - Partie 2: Essai de type initial

Ce document spécifie les exigences pour l'Essai de Type Initial et est conçu pour être lu conjointement avec la Partie 1

Pokončni cestni znaki – Prometni znaki s spremenljivim sporočilom – 2. del: Začetno preskušanje tipa

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 19-Apr-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Dec-2014
• ICS: 93.080.30 - Road equipment and installations
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 226 - Road equipment
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 226/WG 11 - Variable message signs
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 10-Dec-2014
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Directive: 89/106/EEC - Construction products
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12966-2:2005 - Road vertical signs - Variable message traffic signs - Part 2: Initial type testing

Relations

• Replaced By: EN 12966:2014 - Road vertical signs - Variable message traffic signs
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Road vertical signs - Variable message traffic signs - Part 2: Initial type testing
Vertikale Verkehrszeichen - Wechselverkehrszeichen - Teil 2: Erstprüfung
Signaux de signalisation routiere verticale - Panneaux a messages variables - Partie 2:
Essai de type initial
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12966-2:2005
ICS:
93.080.30 Cestna oprema in pomožne Road equipment and
naprave installations
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 12966-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2005
ICS 93.080.30
English version
Road vertical signs - Variable message traffic signs - Part 2:
Initial type testing
Signaux de signalisation routière verticale - Panneaux à Vertikale Verkehrszeichen - Wechselverkehrszeichen - Teil
messages variables - Partie 2: Essai de type initial 2: Erstprüfung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 March 2005.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations .4
4 System requirements .5
5 Variable Message Signs.6
Annex A (normative) Technical documentation .11
Bibliography .12

Foreword
This document (EN 12966-2:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 226 “Road
equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by October 2005.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
This document consists of the following Parts under the general title:
Road vertical signs
- Part 1 : Variable message traffic signs – Part 1: Product standard
- Part 2 : (this part) Variable message traffic signs – Part 2: Initial type testing
- Part 3 : Variable message traffic signs – Part 3: Factory production control
It derives from performance requirements and test methods published in CEN, CENELEC, CIE and ISO
documents together with standards of the CEN member organisations.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies the requirements for Initial Type Testing (ITT) and is designed to be read in
conjunction with Part 1.
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.
EN 12767, Passive safety of support structures for road equipment — Requirements and test methods
EN 12899-1:2001, Fixed, vertical road traffic signs — Part 1: Fixed signs
EN 12966-1:2005, Road vertical signs — Variable message traffic signs — Part 1: Product standard
EN 50293, Electromagnetic compatibility — Road traffic signal systems — Product standard
EN ISO 9000:2000, Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 9000:2000)
HD 638 S1, Road traffic signal systems
HD 60364-4-443, Electrical installation of buildings — Part 4-44: Protection for safety – Protection against
voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances – Clause 443: Protection against overvoltages of
atmospheric origin or due to switching (IEC 60364-4-44:2001/A1:2003, modified)

3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 9000:2000, EN 12966-1:2005
and EN 12899-1:2001 and the following apply.
3.1
initial type testing
complete set of tests and other procedures determining the performance of the test module
3.2
manufacturer
producer with legal responsibility for placing the product on the market
3.3
supplier
producer of components (e.g. sign faces, fixing devices, optical devices, luminous sources, etc) for the
product
3.4
test module
test module is a sample that is representative of the finished product (see EN 12966-1:2005, 9.1)
4 System requirements
4.1 General
The manufacturer shall demonstrate that characteristics which claim to be pre-tested comply with the
requirements of this document.
During the Initial Type Testing sequence, if one test fails the manufacturer shall identify the cause of test
failure and the proposed modification to the test module after which the failure within the sequence shall be
retested.
The technical description, including drawings, shall be as specified in Annex A .
Static calculations shall include all fixings and attachments.
The conformity of VMS test module to the requirements of this standard and with the stated values (including
classes) shall be demonstrated by initial type testing.
NOTE 1 Factory production control by the manufacturer, including product assessment is covered by EN 12966-3.
For the purposes of testing, the VMS may be grouped into families, where it is considered that the selected
property/properties is/are common to all VMS within that family.
Initial type testing shall be performed to show conformity with this standard on first use of this document for
VMS being put onto the market and:
- at the beginning of the production of a new or modified VMS design, the raw material or supplier of the
components,
- at the beginning of a new or modified method of production.
In case of type testing on VMS for which initial type testing in accordance with this standard was already
performed, type testing may be reduced:
- if it has been established that the performance characteristics compared with the already tested VMS
have not been affected, or
- in accordance with the rules for grouping and/or direct or extended application of test results.
Where components are used whose characteristics have already been determined by the component
manufacturer on the basis of conformity with other tech
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