Costa Rica to roll out RFID tags for vehicle registration

The government of Costa Rica has launched a project to develop an RFID tag that can be fitted in cars and other vehicles as a replacement for the right of circulation stickers that drivers are obliged to fix to their vehicle’s windscreen to prove they have paid their annual road tax.

The tag developed by the Digital Marchamo project will also support functionalities including contactless in-car toll and parking payments. It also will send information about individual vehicles to a centralized computer system, in turn, this information can be read remotely by special teams of the Traffic Police and “improve traffic systems, controllers and traffic lights”, the country’s Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) says.

The government plans to issue two public tenders inviting suppliers and developers to submit proposals for the provision of RFID technology.