action or act of establishing the identity of a specific vehicle

NOTE 1 This is in contrast to vehicle vicinity identification, where the vicinity of a vehicle with a specific identity is detected. With specific vehicle identification, it is also known which specific vehicle has been identified.

NOTE 2 Two kinds of specific vehicle identification may be distinguished: first, localized vehicle identification, in which case the location of the identified vehicle is known with such precision that not more than one vehicle can be present at the same time at that location; second, peer communication identification, in which case the identification of the vehicle engaged in some form of communication (e.g. an EFC transaction) is established.