Thursday, September 24, 2009

LTO's RFID Electronic Tag on Vehicle



   

The Radio Frequency Identification system is so simple and so inexpensive that cuts vehicle violations.

The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to be used in the microchip sticker, specifically the extent of monitoring the information contained in the microchip.

The system will help ease traffic, catch unregistered and stolen vehicles, speed up registration and other RF-aided processes like toll collection, boost the anti-air pollution campaign, and assist the police fight crimes perpetrated with the use of motor vehicles.

How it works:

A traffic officer aims his hand-held reader’s beam at a vehicle. He does not have to flag it down and talk to the driver. At a glance his reader will display on its screen vital information about the vehicle and the owner.

The officer knows at a glance if the vehicle is improperly registered, is on the alarm list (like if it was stolen), its brand and model, its motor, body and plate numbers, its owner (but not his address), etc.

The wireless process is initiated when the portable reader’s beam hits and activates a windshield tag (an electronic sticker) unique to the vehicle. The signal links the reader to the LTO central database and downloads pre-selected information on the vehicle.

The sticker, the size of the LTO decal now in use, is imbedded with a small chip and an invisible antenna (similar to the defogger wiring at a vehicle’s rear window, but smaller and simpler).


Costs:

Each RFID sticker costs P350 and is good for 10 years, making its yearly cost only P35 for those registering or renewing their registration in October.

Every month, another group of vehicles whose registration is falling due will be issued the RFID tags. In 12 months, all properly documented vehicles are expected to have the stickers. Those without it after a year are suspect.

With RFIDs on all vehicles, authorized officers are able to check even moving vehicles without stopping them and disrupting traffic flow. They can spot from a distance carnapped vehicles and those on the alarm list.

Only vehicles that pass the strict, yet speedy, computer-aided registration process will carry the RFIDs. Vehicles that are not registered (about two million of them all over the country) can be easily ferreted out.

It will be easier to catch vehicles sporting fake, unauthorized or transferred license plate numbers since they do not have the required RFID on their windshields, or their RFID data do not match the plate numbers.

And since an RFID sticker is mandatory for registration and physically bringing the vehicle for the tests is required, Lomibao said the new system would kill the racket of some emission testing centers issuing clearances even without actual smoke testing.

source: www.philstar.com





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