TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed new lighting requirements for autonomous vehicles, suggesting the use of cyan-colored lights to identify them. This initiative aims to standardize how self-driving cars are recognized by the public while updating safety regulations for vehicles lacking traditional controls.
Why it matters
Standardizing visual indicators for autonomous vehicles is a critical step in integrating self-driving technology into public infrastructure and ensuring pedestrian safety.
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U.S. federal safety regulators continue to tackle the sticky problem of autonomous vehicles, this time with a proposal that could signal to the public, quite literally, when a vehicle is operating autonomously.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed new lighting requirements for autonomous vehicles that include an option (dare I say a strong suggestion?) to use cyan-colored lights to signal when a vehicle is operating autonomously without a human occupant monitoring the road.
The agency is not proposing a mandate for blue-green lights. Importantly, under the proposal, the lights would be used when an AV is operating in autonomous mode.
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