Feds want robotaxis to signal ‘I’m driving’ with cyan-colored lights

<figure> <img alt="Mercedes Drive Pilot" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Mercedes-Benz AG" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24390349/22C0157_053.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After years of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23913251/waymo-roof-dome-communicate-intent-pedestrian-driver">debating how driverless cars should tell the world no one is at the wheel</a> - flashing text, audio alerts, custom lights - the feds just stepped in with a single answer: cyan.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2026-10/nprm-fmvss-108-oct-2026-web.pdf">released proposed changes</a> to <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108</a>, specifically rewriting the rules to fit autonomous vehicles. It's a mix of cutting red tape for human-free designs and standardizing how robotaxis communicate with the world around them - starting with a distinctive blue-green light.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">NHTSA is proposing cyan-colored marker lamps "to clearly and consistently signal to law e …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1017435/nhtsa-autonomous-vehicle-cyan-lighting-fmvss">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>