Virtual Mom in 2010 Ford Focuses

BarTopDancer · 10-07-2008, 10:41 AM

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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 · 10-07-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

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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.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-07-2008, 12:49 PM

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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....

Strangler Lewis · 10-07-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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 · 10-07-2008, 03:12 PM

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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.

BDBopper · 10-07-2008, 03:15 PM

(whistling) Move along. Nothing to see here.

(cue Monty Python foot and the Bronx cheer noise)

Betty · 10-08-2008, 07:13 AM

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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?

innerSpaceman · 10-07-2008, 10:51 AM

LOVE IT.

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

Strangler Lewis · 10-07-2008, 11:04 AM

Is there a penile plethysmograph attachment?

Capt Jack · 10-07-2008, 11:40 AM

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Is there a penile plethysmograph attachment?

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

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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Is there a penile plethysmograph attachment? __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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