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NYS starts RFID driver's licenses to facilitate border travel. But what else is possible?

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

NYS started two days ago issuing RFID (radio frequency ID) chip enhanced driver's licenses (EDL). The State's official statement off its website is here. It's press release is here. Story on Switched.com here. The system is designed to faciliate travel to and from Canada, but it also can be used for travelers to Mexico, the Carribean, and Bermuda. On September 16, 2008, NYS began to issue WHTI-Compliant Enhanced driver licenses (EDL) (includes Enhanced learner permits) and Enhanced non-driver photo ID cards (ENDID) to applicants who can prove U.S. citizenship and NYS residency. An EDL or ENDID can be used instead of a passport at U.S. land and sea border crossings between Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. WHTI is a federal law that regulates which documents U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).