Ford’s new “MyKey” system puts parents in the driver’s seat
2008-10-08 00:12:13 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Technology News)
Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — Among every parents’ worst fear is the time in their children’s life when they exchange the training wheels for the real wheels and assume a high responsibility and high risk.
Ford Motor Co. has heard the fears of those parents seeking to keep their children safe when taking to the road with the development of a new device that will allow the parents to manage and control the speed their teenager drives, limits the volume on the car stereo and will also ensure that all seat belts have been fastened. Sounds like a miracle tool, doesn’t it?
Ford announced their new tool called “MyKey” this week and will make it a standard feature on the Ford Focus and other Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models beginning in 2010. Ford said MyKey is “designed to help parents encourage their teenagers to drive safer and more fuel efficiently, and increase safety-belt usage.”
The safety-focused car maker also explained that the Mykey can be programmed to cap out the vehicle’s top speed, making a chiming sound when the vehicle hits 45, 55 and 65 miles per hour. Top speed can be limited to 80 mph. Additionally, the MyKey possesses a feature that will disable the audio system until seat belts have been fastened or will limit the volume to 44% of the total volume.
“MyKey can help promote safer driving, particularly among teens, by encouraging seat belt use, limiting speed and reducing distractions,” said Susan Cischke, a Ford group vice president. A survey conducted for Ford by Harris Interactive indicated that half of all parents with teen drivers would allow their kids to use the family car more frequently if it had the MyKey device installed.
Ford said the MyKey device is programmed through its vehicle message center, which also controls the anti-theft system. When MyKey is inserted into the ignition, the system reads the transponder chip in the key, identifies the pre-programmed code and enables the selected driving modes.
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