Virtual Mom in 2010 Ford Focuses

[BarTopDancer]

Link (http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007890.html)

Ford has made parenting a little easier by introducing MyKey, a programmable ignition key for Ford automobiles that monitors teenage driving behavior. With MyKey in place, various driving habits that parents may consider unsafe, or merely obnoxious, can be curtailed.

It covers all the common parental complaints: The car's speed cannot exceed 80mph. Radio volume is limited to 44 percent of maximum and, if seatbelts aren't fastened, no sound will come from the speakers at all. Extra-careful and/or paranoid parents can place warning sounds at 45, 55, and 65mph, blasting a warning of potential reckless driving to the youthful driver.

I think this is a great idea. Way to many deaths related to teenage driving. It's being built into the chips already in the keys.

[Moonliner]

Link (http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007890.html)



I think this is a great idea. Way to many deaths related to teenage driving. It's being built into the chips already in the keys.

I don't think I'd use this for my kids, but there are a few parents I would like to give it to.

[innerSpaceman]

LOVE IT.



Can it be programmed to remind you to drive home when dinner's ready?

[Strangler Lewis]

Is there a penile plethysmograph attachment?

[Capt Jack]

Is there a penile plethysmograph attachment?

its a good day. I learned something.....can I stop now?

[Moonliner]

When are they going to get a "Virtual Dad"?

* Automatically accelerates for yellow lights.
* Blairs horn at idiots who drive too slow
* Turns audio system all the way up for any Aerosmith song
* Automatically scans all radio frequencies for any Aerosmith songs.
*Automatically locks passenger side door when parked (enabled for son's only)


Etc...

[BDBopper]

I think this is a great idea.

Now how about a computer controlled car that will drive for you? Of all people, I could really use one of those things ASAP!

[JWBear]

When are they going to get a "Virtual Dad"?

* Automatically accelerates for yellow lights.
* Blairs horn at idiots who drive too slow
* Turns audio system all the way up for any Aerosmith song
* Automatically scans all radio frequencies for any Aerosmith songs.
*Automatically locks passenger side door when parked (enabled for son's only)


Etc...

If the "Virtual Dad" is anythin like my father, it will sound like this:

"No, you can't have the car tonight. Get a job and get your own god damned car! And while you're at it, get a hair cut; you look like a chrysanthemum!"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I don't think I'd use this for my kids, but there are a few parents I would like to give it to.Agreed. Not sure I'd use these measures against my own kids. Ask me again when the future kids reach their teens....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Can it be hacked to incur a minimum speed instead of a maximum. Once you past 50, you can't slow down (it's like Speed 2, with a bus instead of a boat!)? That'd be fun.

[Strangler Lewis]

:( My kids won't get to see it. Ever. I'm almost in tears, here, at work, in public.

Agreed. Not sure I'd use these measures against my own kids. Ask me again when the future kids reach their teens....

I sense a pending announcement. Or perhaps just a very broad hint to somebody.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I sense a pending announcement. Or perhaps just a very broad hint to somebody.Heh, nope. Just serendipity. Not my fault two things involving my future offspring were posted in one day. :p

[BDBopper]

(whistling) Move along. Nothing to see here. ;)

(cue Monty Python foot and the Bronx cheer noise)

[Snowflake]

I'm sorry, Ford can do what they like, but I really still want one of these. And I want the engine to sound just like it did on TV.

744

[Betty]

I sense a pending announcement. Or perhaps just a very broad hint to somebody.

Yeah - I was thinking that vacation sex must have done "something special".

But speaking of... no kids anytime soon eh?

[Chernabog]

"No, you can't have the car tonight. Get a job and get your own god damned car! And while you're at it, get a hair cut; you look like a chrysanthemum!"

I want a picture of JWBear looking like a chrysanthemum. :D ;)