Email Article
New NY - New Driver's License Trips Store Scanners
Oct 10, 2008 at 07:53 AMNew York - An age-verification bar code in new driver's licenses in New York is tripping up scanners designed to catch fake IDs. Store owners say a scanner supplied to 16,000 retailers is unable to read the new bar code design to verify the ages of customers trying to buy alcohol, cigarettes and lottery tickets. While clerks can still check a date of birth by looking at the license, they're...
