There has always been a struggle throughout the course of history between the snotty teenagers who thinks he or she knows it all and the older, so called wiser parents. It is only natural for the teenager to ask for independence through the high school years and especially when the independence turns into reality when they obtain their licenses. The more teenagers try to separate themselves from their parents as they mature into adulthood, it seems as though parents want to keep a tab on their children and make sure they are making the right decisions even more. Even though they cannot be there when their children head out onto the roads, there are still ways for the parents to feel secure and have reassurance that they will be safe on the road even when they aren’t riding shotgun. With Ford’s brand new MyKey technology it makes it simple for the parents to make the car as safe as possible for the children.
The MyKey has many features that will allow the parents to feel better about letting their children drive away alone. This feature will come standard in the all new 2010 Ford Focus Coupe and will have many more features than previous child monitoring systems. The system is based around the key to the car. It can allow parents to limit the speed of the car to just 80 mph, and will allow the stereo to only be turned on to 44% of the total volume. Also, if the children are not buckled up in the car, the car alerts the driver with chimes. Not only does it producing these annoying sounds to buckle up, it will mute the cars stereo until everyone in the car is wearing their seat belts. This is not all the key can do. It will also give the driver an early warning on how much fuel is left and alerts the driver when there is only 75 miles left on the tank of gas. The key can also be programmed to chime at certain speed levels to make sure that the novice driver pays attention to the speed he or she is going.
This technology sounds great on paper and will surely help those who need assistance when driving, but in my car these features would become a nuisance and would eventually be cut out. A way around this is to educate the drivers even more, and don’t hand out driver’s licenses to just anyone. They must fit a strict set of requirements in order to obtain their privilege to drive.
2 comments:
Wow! Who would have thought that a car key could anything other than to turn it on and off… I would love to have Ford’s so called “MyKey.” Like you mentioned in the entry, this might just allow the parents to let their children drive away alone. I am surprised by all the features this key holds; Speed control, Volume control, and most importantly, the Safety. The best thing about this technology is that it lets you know how much gas there is left in the tank and how far that will allow you to travel. This might be the only reason why I would love to have it. There have been a couple of incidents in my life where my friend or I have run out of gas in middle of nowhere and it is not funny in any sense. Hopefully technologies like this will keep making life much easier for the human race.
Wow! Who would have thought that a car key could anything other than to turn it on and off… I would love to have Ford’s so called “MyKey.” Like you mentioned in the entry, this might just allow the parents to let their children drive away alone. I am surprised by all the features this key holds; Speed control, Volume control, and most importantly, the Safety. The best thing about this technology is that it lets you know how much gas there is left in the tank and how far that will allow you to travel. This might be the only reason why I would love to have it. There have been a couple of incidents in my life where my friend or I have run out of gas in middle of nowhere and it is not funny in any sense. Hopefully technologies like this will keep making life much easier for the human race.
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