When you give your 16-year-old son or daughter the car keys, he or she would definitely jump for joy and kiss you on both sides of your cheek. Now if you give them a car of their own, their elation could reach the heavens. Why? It’s because for teenagers, car means freedom.
Or is it? A lot of parents are not comfortable with the idea of letting their teenage kids drive because they won’t be able to monitor where they’re going. Well, that was before. Now, you can virtually use the car keys to set how your kids should act on the road.
Equipped with a microchip, the car keys of the new Ford car will be able to set your car’s maximum speed, limit the music volume, and fasten the seat belts, along with a lot of other important features. Set to be sold in 2010, this new Ford innovation can actually put a parent’s mind at ease, especially when they are left with no choice but to let their kids drive on the highway alone.
But even if parents are sold into this new monitoring idea, the teenagers themselves are not so happy about it. Some think that this car is a big indication that their parents don’t trust their driving. However, most of them would still take the car even if it is a well-monitored car because it’s still a car they can use around.
However, kids should look at the brighter side of things. With this new Ford car, there are higher chances that they’d get a vehicle on their 16th birthday. Plus, they’ll have more freedom on the road because the car will be watching over them. That’s actually better than having their moms or dads sitting right next to them every time they have to drive.
With the entry of these computer chip monitoring car keys, more kids will have cars early into their teenage years. And Ford’s car sales may just get a good boost in the years to come.
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