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Press Release

Safety Warning System Announces Tests in Dayton Area

12/13/96

Montgomery County To Test Innovative Safety Warning System

ENGLEWOOD, Fla., and TIPP CITY, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- The
Dayton area could soon become the site of a pilot program
demonstrating an innovative new technology that alerts motorists to a
wide variety of hazards and special traffic conditions.

Safety Warning System, L.C. (SWS, L.C.) will this week demonstrate the
technology for the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department and donate a
transmitter for independent testing by the force.

The Safety Warning System(TM) is a new twist on a pair of
well-established, interrelated technologies -- traffic radar and radar
detectors -- now beginning to be used to warn drivers that they are
approaching a traffic accident, an active rail crossing, an emergency
vehicle in transit, an ice-covered bridge or dozens of other potential
hazards.

The SWS(TM) transmitter can trigger over 60 specific messages built
into the latest generation of "smart" radar detectors now on the
market, according to Jason Richards, Legislative & Public Relations
Director with SWS L.C., the organization overseeing development of the
technology. All radar detectors signal an alert when encountering one
of the transmitters.

"Because there are already radar detectors in tens of millions of
vehicles, the Safety Warning System(TM) makes enormous sense as a path
toward the intelligent highways and vehicles of the future," he said.
"Montgomery County officials have expressed an interest in the system,
and we want to show them how useful a highway-safety tool it can be."

After this week's demonstration, the sheriff's department will keep a
transmitter for evaluation. SWS, L.C. plans to propose a pilot project
under which Montgomery County will receive up to 50 more transmitters
to use in a wide variety of applications, Richards explained.

There are five broad categories of messages which the transmitters can
trigger in SWS(TM) detectors, including highway construction or
maintenance, highway hazard zone advisories, weather-related hazards,
travel information/ convenience and fast/slow-moving vehicles, each
broken down into several precise text messages. Transmitters also are
capable of sending variable-text messages, and following an initial
message with a second one.

"The beauty of the Safety Warning System(TM) is not only that
motorists are warned of hazards nearby but also that they know exactly
what sort of hazard and how to respond. Being aware ahead of time that
a school bus is stopped around the corner or that you are approaching
a utility crew at work is the kind of knowledge that can yield
tremendous safety benefits," he added.

The Safety Warning System(TM) is the product of a collaboration
between the radar detector industry, the Tipp City-based Radio
Association Defending Airwave Rights, Inc. (RADAR) and Georgia Tech
Research Institute. Industry partners in the project are BEL-Tronics
Limited, Sanyo Tecnica USA, Inc., Uniden America Corporation and
Whistler Corporation. Initial licensees are Sunkyong America, Inc. and
MPH Industries, Inc. A well-known manufacturer of police traffic radar
devices, MPH Industries of Owensboro, Kentucky, was selected to
manufacture Safety Warning System transmitters for the law-enforcement
market.  "MPH Industries brings to our team a track record of
excellence in product development, manufacturing and marketing, and we
are very excited to have them as a part of this revolutionary
project," said Jason Richards.