[SystemSafety] Automobile regulations

[Shreve, Erik]

Vehicles are outside my professional domain. However, given recent news, I'm curious if any work is being done on regulating software that provides essential performance in automobiles.

Expert testimony at a recent trial provided quite a list of issues with the ECU firmware in an unattended acceleration case...
http://www.edn.com/design/automotive/4423428/Toyota-s-killer-firmware--Bad-design-and-its-consequences

Developers claiming autonomous cars are already safer...
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520746/data-shows-googles-robot-cars-are-smoother-safer-drivers-than-you-or-i/



Erik Shreve
Principal Software Engineer
Product Development - Software
CSDP

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