Detroit, MI - Automobile manufacturers are emulating ad blocking software for the Internet by developing billboard blocking technology for cars, trucks and SUVs. Ford and GM have taken different approaches in billboard blocking technology.

Ford combines GPS and guided missile technology to accomplish the task. The roof-mounted guided missiles system gets data from the GPS to sense when the driver is approaching a billboard, and launches a missile, automatically destroying the billboard. Since the system is quite heavy, it is currently only available on trucks, SUVs and larger cars with towing packages installed, and works at distances of up to five miles. read more