| The relationship between RFID technology and ID | | | | work in many other ways as well. |
| cards is close and personal. While both types of | | | | A scenario that this combination would prove |
| identification work extremely well individually, their | | | | extremely capable at aiding would be traffic crossing |
| efficacy together is amazing. For example, while it is | | | | tolls on bridges. An ID card could have an RFID tag |
| conceivable that even the best ID cards can be | | | | that would allow for a prepaid toll card. The driver |
| forged, or lost and used by unscrupulous individuals, a | | | | would then flash the card at the reader as they drove |
| card using RFID technology offers numerous | | | | by; they would only have to slow down, not stop, and |
| protections. | | | | wouldn't have to fumble for change or money. |
| If a card is lost, but has an RID tag, it can easily be | | | | In fact, RFID tags are used in this way already, |
| tracked. While this may not lead to the apprehension | | | | although without the ID card, in the Bay Area as an |
| of the individual who originally took it, it could lead to the | | | | optional payment method for traffic crossing the |
| card itself, and any damages could then be reversed. | | | | Golden Gate Bridge. Called the 'FasTrak' the tag is |
| Another, simpler way that RFID technology helps in the | | | | mounted in the window and operates on a prepaid |
| use of ID cards is via readers, the strongest of which | | | | system so all the car has to do is slow down to be |
| can scan information up to thirty meters or more | | | | read and then continue on its way. |
| away. This displaces the tedium of a physical reader | | | | The areas in which ID cards and RFID technology can |
| and allows people in the area to use the system more | | | | be combined and used are many, and their increasing |
| effectively. | | | | use together portends greater levels of security for |
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