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Five Ways To Identify A Driver And When To Use Each

iButton, Bluetooth beacon, fingerprint, passive RFID and the phone in the driver's pocket. The right one depends on tag count, cost and who you trust with the tag.

Compact vehicle tracker that supports several driver identification readers

iButton

Kits support 100+ tags. Rugged, cheap to replace, and familiar to fleet drivers. Best where vehicles and drivers both belong to the same operator.

Passive RFID

Supports 500+ ID numbers, which makes it the option for large driver pools and for car alarm systems sold to the aftermarket.

Fingerprint

Identifies 50 to 100 drivers with no tag to lose or lend. Slower at handover and dependent on clean hands, so it suits controlled depots more than roadside changes.

Bluetooth beacon

The only option that arms and disarms by proximity: walk about 10 metres away and the system arms, come back and it disarms. It also enables the anti hijack behaviour, where the vehicle is immobilised after the driver with the beacon leaves, once speed drops below 30 km/h.

Phone as RFID

No hardware to issue. Useful for contractors and short term drivers, at the cost of depending on the driver's own device.

Which devices support what

VT-301 and VT-302 cover all five reader types, and VT-301 includes driver ID recognition without a separate RFID kit purchase. VT-390 supports RFID driver identification with automatic arm and disarm.

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