It’s kind of like parental controls on the internet or TV stations though.
Whatever happened to plain old common sense, talking with kids and trusting their ability to comply?
It’s common sense for adults to trust one another, but somehow we think kids require lock-out devices? That speaks a lot to our relationship with the younger generation and how much respect we give them, doesn’t it?
I would would feel like I was an untrustworthy prick of a parent if I had to program speed limits for their driving activities. Whatever happened to trust, communication, and friendship. Surely kids would benefit more from that than a parental, technological lockdown device, no?
You’re being asked a legitimate question. When would accelerating past 80 be the best way to avoid an accident?
Note: I’ve driven in all sorts of terrain and conditions, including mountain passes.
Remember people: The key that now limits to 80 and locks the radio stations can eventually be programmed to limit to any speed. This is good to remember when you’re 65 and your kids swap out your key for a blue tinted key that won’t go over 45 and locks your radio to Z100… :eek:
Things like this make it clear we are raising a generation of people who’ll want to live in a world where They control the public’s behavior.
Rest assured this technology will be applied to all cars for all drivers by the time these now-teens are in their mid 50s. Why? Because they’ll demand it.
Driving in Missouri, and in Arkansas, going down highway 65 through the Ozarks, driving at the speed limit of 70, going down hill, in the right lane because there are people driving faster, and on your left there is a semi, and as you go down hill, that semi behind you is accelerating. To your right, nothing, or a stone bluff. Mind you, when you went up the hill, they were far enough behind that they did not seem a threat, but going down hill, they accelerated until you are boxed in. On this road, there are side diversions every so often for runaway trucks, and extra lanes for passing, but they are not always there when the truck come barreling down.
But I have driven in the mountains of NM, AZ and CA.
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If anyone is going anywhere near 80 on those roads, they are probably going to crash without having to avoid someone coming up behind them.
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Even if you are driving some sort of Super European sports car that can go that fast and make those kinds of turns, are you really going to loan that car to a teenager?
So let me get this straight as best I can since you won’t reply.
You’re driving down a two lane road on a mountain. To one side is a 200 ft drop off, the on coming lane of traffic coming up the mountain has a steady stream of cars and their is no shoulder what so ever on either side.
Suddenly you hear the horn of a semi carrying nukes coming down the mountain, he has lost his brakes and is out of control, since he is behind you going 79 mph, you must drive over 80 mph, taking the corners at speed, untill the truck wipes out behind you and it is safe to slow down.
I’m not sure a clear example of such an emergency situation is necessary.
Just the fact that there could be millions of vehicles with this feature on the roads guarantees that even one-in-a-million events will happen with regularity with a Ford vehicle somewhere.
The minute a carload of nuns dies in a fluke accident that can be traced to a speed limiter, everyone will freak out and the lawsuits will fly, so it makes sense not to go too low with it.