From the Associated Press

AKRON, OH -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and TRW Automotive Inc. said they are jointly developing safety technology that automatically adjusts vehicle stability-control systems to different tires.

The companies said they expect their system to be available for 2009-model vehicles. The effort is part of collaborations between them since 2003, Akron, OH-based Goodyear and Livonia, MI-based TRW said in a statement.

Goodyear and TRW are seeking to benefit from automakers' increasing use of electronic stability-control systems, which help drivers avoid accidents such as rollovers. General Motors Corp. said in January that it would install such systems in all North American vehicles. Ford Motor Co. is adding them on its Explorer and other SUVs.

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