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SALT LAKE CITY — Passenger screening at airports around the country could become quicker with new technology currently being tested.
USA Today reports the Transportation Security Administration is trying a new check-in system at Washington-Dulles Airport that is designed to better detect fake ID.
Passengers scan their boarding pass while a TSA worker uses a machine to scan the passenger's identification. If no problem is detected, the passenger then moves on through the security screening process. If a fraudulent ID is detected, the passenger can be questioned further and referred to law enforcement as necessary.
The machines are expert at detecting legitimate ID, everything from driver's licenses to tribal IDs and U.S. and foreign passports. USA Today reports, "TSA hopes the machines will do a more efficient job weeding out fraudulent documents and getting passengers to their planes."
The system will be tested for several months at a few airports before TSA decides whether to use it nationwide. The first 30 machines cost $3.2 million.
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