A new generation of Toyota vehicles will feature an auto pilot system that will swerve to avoid collisions and keep to the middle of the road, according to the AFP.
Toyota revealed the new cars on Friday and said the self-driving technology could be available in just a few years.
"These advanced driving support technologies prevent human errors, reduce driving stress and help drivers avert accidents, which has a big potential to reduce the number of traffic deaths," Toyota managing director Moritaka Yoshida said at a presentation in Tokyo.
For the new auto-pilot system, drivers will basically leave most of the work to a computer. The Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA) system will let vehicles communicate wirelessly to avoid running into each other while keeping the car in the middle of the road, even if twists and turns are ahead.
"Cars with these technologies recognize the accelerating or slowing speed of those ahead, which also helps avoid traffic jams," said project manager Mitsuhisa Shida. "They can wirelessly exchange data once every 0.1 seconds."
Toyota and its rivals have been working on auto-pilot technology for years.
Many cars have systems that give drivers a panoramic view to keep watch for nearby objects while parking, and Toyota has already introduced the pre-collision braking assist system in its Lexus luxury sedan and plans to install it in other models by 2015, with the other technologies to follow.
Google has made some strides with seven custom-equipped self-driving cars that have logged more than 200,000 miles on the road without crashing, Fortune magazine reported last year.
A recent KMPG study revealed that consumers were more likely to drive a car from Google over an established automaker like General Motors.
The same study predicted that a full-range, hands-free Cadillac could be available as soon as 2016.
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