{"id":20852,"date":"2026-10-09T12:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20852"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:04:54","slug":"feds-get-ready-to-rewrite-car-headlight-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20852","title":{"rendered":"Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from Ars Technica, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Ars Technica &bull;<br \/>\n                    Jonathan M. Gitlin<br \/>\n                 &bull; October 8, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The current administration plans to rewrite Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) regarding car headlights to modernize regulations by 2026. Jonathan Morrison of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated that existing rules prevent automakers from using the latest safety-improving lighting technologies. He explained that this new negotiated rulemaking process aims to address glare and foster innovation while keeping roads safer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Historically, US headlight regulations have lagged behind Europe and Japan because updating them is a lengthy process. In 2013, NHTSA began a rulemaking process after Toyota petitioned for changes, but it took five years to publish a draft. The agency initially decided against adopting European rules because they felt the glare tests were too subjective for the US self-certification system. Instead, NHTSA wrote its own specific glare tests.<\/p>\n<p>The updated FMVSS 108 will harmonize US standards with global counterparts and update rules for technologies like LEDs, ambient light sensors, and automatic high beams. The goal is to improve test procedures for lenses and optics while ensuring no driver is blinded by glare. While cars with active beam matrix LED headlights are now available in the US, their functionality remains limited compared to European models due to these older regulations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Ars Technica &bull;<br \/>\n                    Jonathan M. Gitlin<br \/>\n                 &bull; October 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2026\/10\/feds-get-ready-to-rewrite-car-headlight-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at Ars Technica &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from Ars Technica, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story. Ars Technica &bull; Jonathan M. Gitlin &bull; October 8, 2026 The current administration plans to rewrite Federal Motor<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20852\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}