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 Technology News | June 2007 
Gemalto Delivers Mexican Driving License
 Newswire
| | Gemalto has completed delivery of Mexico’s first smart card driving license to the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico. |
Gemalto has completed delivery of Mexico’s first smart card driving license to the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico.
The company says the contract was for 900,000 driving licenses over a three year period. It adds: “This new card also acts as a reliable ID document and opens up the potential for additional e-schemes like healthcare for the benefits of all citizens.”
The smart card stores a high-resolution picture of the holder, his/her blood type, and the drivers’ credentials to enable digital signatures. The chip also contains the history of drivers’ fines, allowing transit authorities to monitor drivers’ behaviour on the roads and could also be used for insurance companies to calculate policy costs. The driver’s biometrics are encoded in the card body.
Handheld card readers have been deployed so that police officers can check cards in the street.
Enrolment to the scheme was handled by prime contractor Cosmocolor, which also provided on-site personalisation of cards.
“Thanks to this new scheme, we are now sure that fines and sanctions apply to the driver and not the vehicle” explains Jorge Domene, director of the Instituto de Control Vehicular. “The other major benefit of this smart card-based programme lies in the information sharing capability since the chip allows for collecting and sharing information about the driver with other public Mexican institutions. We now can compare the fingerprint and photos with the Justice Department for example, making the driving license an efficient tool for public security.” |
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