DETROIT, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- General Motors is expected to make a big announcement on Sunday; they plan to start installing technology to help drivers avoid vehicle-to-vehicle crashes. The technology is expected to help prevent crashes without human intervention and is expected on some vehicles in two years.
The move to so-called V2V technology is expected to be formally announced at a conference in Detroit this weekend.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it is considering a rule by 2016 requiring that kind of technology in the future.
GM's decision to move forward with V2V comes after months of controversy over its years-long failure to recall vehicles for safety reasons. Due to that failure, the federal government fined the automaker $35 million in May. CEO Mary Barra has responded to that crisis by saying the company will makes safety central to its business.
GM is not alone when it comes to exploring V2V, the University of Michigan has also said they are partnering not just with GM, but Ford, Toyota and Honda Motor Companies. The university said the goal is to have 9,000 vehicles on the road with V2V technology in Ann Arbor, Mich.
