Self-driving cars can now get their safety placards on the left side.

The US government is proposing a small change to a car safety rule. This change will let car makers put the required safety information sticker on the left side of vehicles that don't have a steering wheel.

This is a minor update to a decades-old rule about tire information placards. It allows car manufacturers flexibility for vehicles designed for automated driving. The change itself is small, but it signals that regulators are starting to adapt existing safety standards for a future with fewer human drivers.