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Things just got a bit easier for New Yorkers who want to travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, as the state will offer a driver's license that will be RFID-embedded. This new license will substitute for a passport. Traveling to other international destinations will still require a passport, however.
This will be an option open to those living in New York, and there will (of course) be an additional $30 charge.
Full story here and here.
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ateixeira says:
07:26 AM, 09/18/08
That's cheaper than a passport, I believe, so there isn't even a cost barrier if you only travel to those countries.
orangutan says:
09:35 AM, 09/18/08
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ny-offers-rfid-drivers-licenses/
firstwagon says:
08:00 AM, 09/19/08
About time, passports are easy to fake and a pain.
At least this will be tough to copy and as a bonus it will get the paranoid and anti-goverment nuts all bent out of shape.
hondacura4 says:
01:04 PM, 09/19/08
I wish this was implemtented by every state as my wifes parents live outside of Toronto and we travel there pretty frequently.