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An electronic driving licence when used as an ignition key could save thousands of lives

Goldberg, Fred (1999) An electronic driving licence when used as an ignition key could save thousands of lives. In McClure, Roderick, Eds. Proceedings Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, pages pp. 43-47, Brisbane, Queensland.

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Abstract

In July 1996, a joint European driving licence format and design was introduced. An earlier ministerial meeting, had decided that the new licence should have a chip to be introduced at a later time. The advantage of a chip built into a plastic card is that, in addition to the printed licence information, the chip may contain additional information about the bearer if that is desirable. The chip information may increase the security of the card and, for instance, store a coded fingerprint. This will make it very difficult to use the card if it is in the wrong hands.

Item Type:Conference Paper
Status:Published
Subjects:Subjects UNSPECIFIED
ID Code:9474
Deposited By:Schnyder, Anthony J.
Deposited On:13 September 2007
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2000 Fred Goldberg
Additional Information:For more information, please contact the author. This paper also appears in Hans von Holst, Åke Nygren, Åke E. Andersson (eds.) Transportation, traffic safety, and health. Human behavior : Fourth International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.