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Ford To Introduce Restrictive Car Keys For Parents
thesandbender writes "Ford is set to release a management system that will restrict certain aspects of a car's performance based on which key is in the ignition. The speed is limited to 80, you can't turn off traction control, and you can't turn the stereo up to eleven. It's targeted at parents of teenagers and seems like a generally good idea, especially if you get a break on your insurance." The keys will be introduced with the 2010 Focus coupe and will quickly spread to Ford's entire lineup.
"It's targeted at parents of teenagers and seems like a generally good idea, especially if you get a break on your insurance."
It's a terrible idea. Teenagers need to be practicing setting their own responsibilities and limits. The more they're "protected" the less time they have to learn to be self-reliant.
Seriously, traditional societies recognize adulthood at, like 13. That's when you're physically mature. The more you fight that physical maturity vs. 2nd-class-citizenhood, the more fucked-up and schizophrenic people will become.
We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes
You stupid cunt, Fuck you. I've lost friends during highschool and on into college because they or someone around them panicked while driving.
I knew a girl who had her music so loud she didn't hear the fucking police car till they crossed into the intersection, where the cop plowed right into her going 60. I lost another friend who was killed after loosing control at a rail road crossing at 100. I've lost 11 friends to car accidents, some their fault, some not their fault.
So fuck off you arrogant piece of shit.
You mad