1. A method for autonomous action in multiple obstacle scenarios in an automotive vehicle forward collision avoidance system, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: establishing the presence of obstacles in front of a vehicle hosting said system; estimating the position, velocity and acceleration of said obstacles; evaluating for each respective one of said obstacles separately the maneuvers which the vehicle is capable of performing that will lead to a collision with said respective obstacle; forming the union of maneuvers which will lead to collision with any one of said obstacles; establishing the set of maneuvers which the vehicle is capable of performing through which collision with any of said obstacles may be avoided; using said set for deciding how to avoid or mitigate collision with any one of said obstacles; autonomously executing a collision avoidance maneuver based on said decision.