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THE ONE-WAY DOOR A car with no steering wheel is taking fares, and the rule that made that strange is being rewritten The exemption was granted in July. On Monday the standard itself went out for comment. |
The steering wheel is not a design choice. It is a federal requirement. |
So is the brake pedal. |
Both sit inside standards written for a person in a seat. |
On July 30 the government made an exception. |
Zoox received the first commercial exemption of its kind in American history. |
Portions of eight safety standards were set aside for it. |
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The grant runs two years, to July 2028. |
Paid rides began in Las Vegas in August. |
The remote operators have to sit inside the United States, and the operating area has to be published. |
Zoox may not sell the cars to the public. |
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That is an exemption. One company, one fleet, one window. |
On Monday something wider was published. |
The government proposed rewriting the standard itself. |
The lighting rules go first. |
Today a turn signal has to cancel itself when the wheel comes back. |
Under the proposal that applies only to cars with a wheel. |
The same goes for switching the headlights by hand or foot. |
And for the small lights on the dash that tell a driver what is on. |
Nobody is reading that dash. |
There is also a new lamp. |
Cyan, optional, steady, front, sides and back. |
It lights only when no person is expected to be watching the road. |
A color that means nobody is driving. |
Comments close on November 25. |
Ten more standards are queued behind this one. |
Gear displays, defrosters, wipers, tire placards, brake controls, controls and displays, mirrors, stability control, sun visors, warning labels. |
Mirrors is the one to watch. |
The agency is also writing its first safety standard for automated driving. |
The federal guidance is being redone for the first time since 2017. |
So what does this cost you. |
Today, nothing. None of it touches a car you already own. |
The cost sits further out, and it is not money. |
It is that the rules stop describing a person at the controls. |
This is how a requirement disappears. |
Nobody votes on a standard. |
Every rule here turns on one question. What a machine may do with nobody in the seat. |
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01 | Can it be undone? The exemption is granted and runs to July 2028. The rewrite of the standard is still only a proposal. | |
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02 | Who is already repositioning? Zoox is taking fares. Tesla is under a separate federal inquiry into how it certified a car with no controls. | |
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03 | What does being late cost? Nothing in money. The comment window is the only part of this open to you, and it shuts on November 25. | |
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THE MOVE · TWO VERSIONS, PICK YOURS If you find yourself behind a vehicle showing a steady cyan lamp, read it the way the rule intends. Nobody is expected to be watching the road. If you own a car, there is nothing here to do. The one worth following is the mirror standard, because that is the rule that changes what a car looks like. All of this is a proposal except the exemption, which is granted. Comments close on November 25. |
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ALSO GOT LOOSE TODAY | Amazon reported its third quarter results after the close last night. | MACHINES |
| The Federal Reserve left rates where they were on Wednesday, in a split vote. | MONEY |
| The midterm elections are on Tuesday. | LATER |
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WHAT’S LEFT AT THE BOTTOM The cyan lamp is the one part of this written for you. It is there so that, from the curb, you can tell. WE WATCH THE BOX. |
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