La NHTSA propose des exigences d'éclairage pour signaler les véhicules autonomes

NHTSA Proposes FMVSS Updates for Autonomous Vehicle Lighting Eno Center for Transportation

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,