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ATTN: Soon to be drivers
Replies: 8Last Post Oct. 7, 2008 6:27pm by klutzyduck
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Your parents will soon be able to limit what you can do in a car, if it is a Ford.  Not too bad of an idea from my perspective as it will have no effect on me.


Ford announced today a new technology called MyKey that will be standard on the 2010 Focus Coupe and quickly spread to the rest of the Blue Oval's lineup. MyKey can do three basic things: allow parents to limit a vehicle's top speed to 80 mph and/or the stereo's volume up to 44% of its max, and set a sustaining chime if the seatbelts aren't being used. Clearly targeted towards worry wart parents, the MyKey system is meant to keep teens safe despite their protestation that a system like this curtails their kiddy freedoms. Ford did some polling and found that 67% of teens didn't like the idea, though that number fell to 36% if the MyKey system led to parents letting the kids use the car more.

The MyKey system uses off-the-shelf technology from within Ford, particularly the SecuriLock passive anti-theft system, to identify which keys are in the ignition and therefore which driving mode to enable. It's certainly feels a lot like Big Brother, but we suppose parents have the right to play Big Bro' when the safety of their children is at stake.

Other things the MyKey system can do is permanently enable the traction control system and set chimes for when the car reaches 45, 55 or 65 mph. This technology will likely make the Ford Focus Coupe a popular choice for both parents and teens, the latter of which may be appeased by the SNYC system that's also available in these cars.

[Source: Ford]


http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/06/ford-introduces-limiting-mykey-for-worried-parents/

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Well I'm suspended from driving pretty much forever so not a problem for me.

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Wow! I'm not shocked!

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Ford sales will probably go sky rocketing now...

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Spying on me = not cool. Kids have to learn for themselves, this is BS. When they get this crap taken away they are going to drive like morons either way. Kids will be kids.

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After market devices have allowed this for a while.

Good thing my parents could never afford a new car.

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Intrusive and a half.

this idea fails.

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I think your typical soccer mom will be all over this.

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Not a problem for me either... my dad prefers Chevorolet over Ford anyday.

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