Five-Point Inspection: Ford MyKey

Can’t Crank up the Country Tunes

When Darius Rucker’s cover of Wagon Wheel came on the radio, I went about my usual business. Translation: twisting the volume to max and offering my uncouth tribute to Old Crow Medicine Show.  Plug your ears.

Or not. My off-key, awful singing voice met with MyKey, which limits volume to lower than half capacity. Passengers rejoiced.

Obnoxious as it was for me to find my music tastes in the grip of a digital nanny, it’s easy to see how the same feature could help an immature driver avoid distraction.

But then again, loud music is only one of countless possible preoccupations behind the wheel. Take sex-themed radio stations as another example.