A new survey conducted by the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University finds that 84 per cent of consumers want parental controls to be standard features on the next generation of cars.
Of the 1000 adults polled for the study, limiting a car's speed, curfew time and being able to program how many passengers it could carry were the most wished for parental controls -- cited by 84 per cent of all respondents, 87 per cent of women and 91 per cent of those aged 66 or over.
However, limiting the geographical region in which a car could travel (61per cent) and a screen for displaying text messages from anxious parents (60 per cent) were also popular.
In 2013 alone, 2,524 US teens died in vehicle accidents and in recent years car companies have been starting to offer parental control features on some of their cars. For example, the Ford MyKey option allows parents to pre-limit a car's speed and the volume at which the music can be played before handing it over to another driver.
