Car Crash Avoidance Systems Lack Industry Software Standards

You’re driving on a highway in a car that scans the road ahead to automatically apply the brakes in situations where rear-end collisions are imminent. But then the highway curves, and the car mistakenly reads the guardrail as another vehicle and begins to decelerate for no apparent reason. This scenario could unfold, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said this week, in 19,502 Acura MDX midsize crossovers and Acura RLX luxury sedans. Just days before, NHTSA said it was looking into driver complaints of a similar issue in 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokees.