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Mercedes adds a new car light color: Blue for self-driving (www.cnn.com)
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[–] OhmsLawn 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Looks like a different blue, but my understanding is that blue lights are reserved for police.

Edit: it was selected because it's clearly different from the police color.

[–] topinambour_rex 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Blue is for priority vehicles, not just police.

[–] stevehobbes 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends entirely on the state/jurisdiction in the US.

That is surprisingly not a federal law.

[–] topinambour_rex 1 points 1 year ago

That is surprisingly not a federal law.

I thought it was part of the Vienna convention of 1968. But I just checked and the US aren't a part of it.

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