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NHTSA proposes cyan lighting standard to mark driverless autonomous vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed new lighting rules for autonomous vehicles, suggesting cyan (blue-green) lights to indicate when a vehicle is driving itself with no human monitoring the road. The proposal would standardize where such lights are mounted, require them to stay steadily lit rather than flash, and make them visible from all sides, while also dropping requirements for manual turn signal, high-beam and hazard controls.

NHTSA to Revise Vehicle Headlight Standards After Glare Complaints

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it will rewrite vehicle lighting standards to address headlight glare and accommodate newer lighting technologies like LEDs, dusk sensors and automatic high beams. The agency plans to reassess headlamp height, aim and brightness rules, which have not been updated since 1997.