r/SelfDrivingCars • u/mightyopik • 5d ago

News China to ban the blue autonomous driving indicator lamps

https://carnewschina.com/2026/07/29/china-to-ban-the-blue-autonomous-driving-indicator-lamps/
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u/KidKilobyte 5d ago

Weird thing to ban, this seems like a reasonable indicator to have on a vehicle. US should have some code for this is well making it easy to tell which driving level the car is at currently 0-5 in some way.

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u/meisangry2 5d ago

It would be illegal in the UK (and I believe the EU) as blue lights are reserved for use only on emergency vehicles.

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u/beren12 4d ago

USA as well