Also incorporated into the card were a bar code and a magnetic stripe, both containing basic driver data. Maryland was among the first states to use digital photos and holograms. The revisions gave Maryland what was then one of the most secure, tough-to-copy driver's licenses in the country. With it, he was able to elude police for days and use his victim's credit cards. Those changes were prompted mostly by the crime spree of Dontay Carter, a teen-ager who easily obtained a replacement driver's license in the name of a Catonsville man he had killed. "As foolproof a system as man can divine," former Transportation Secretary O. It featured the now-familiar digital photo, the ghost images of the driver and the state flag, and a plastic laminate that destroyed the card if someone tried to cut it apart. The only thing you're doing is raising the bar."įake copies were supposed to be virtually impossible when Maryland last unveiled a new driver's license, in 1993. "There is no such thing as a foolproof document. "As soon as you put out a secure license, somebody is working to break it," said Nathan Root of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
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