Does card reader type make a difference?
Three different types of card readers are available, the older insert reader, swipe reader, and the newest and easiest to use proximity readers. Any existing card reader systems in a building will have a very large affect in the decision of which reader to use. Anybody who has used a bank cash machine has used an insert reader. You have to insert the card into the reader then pull it out. In order to do that you must be completely stopped. When an insert reader is used on an optical turnstile, it should be mounted on the end of the housing so it would be ergonomically easier for the user to insert and remove their card. The fact that a person must stop to use the insert reader inherently slows down pedestrian throughput. Some confusion can result when several lanes are set up next to each other. A reader mounted on a housing in the middle of several lanes might be used with the right hand or the left hand, and a person could accidentally walk through the wrong lane. The swipe reader is
