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DAT Announces Intent to Release the Ultimate Vehicle 'Black Box'

16 June 1999

DAT Announces Intent to Release the Ultimate Vehicle 'Black Box'

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 16 -- Diversified Auto Technology
(DAT), a U.S. transport electronic development company based in California,
announced its plans to introduce the ultimate "Black Box" on the marketplace
by the end of this year.
    The "Vehicle Data Recorder System" is a product culminating 12 years of
R&D.  The goal is to provide the first digital state of the art electronically
controlled "On-Board" commercial vehicle monitoring and recording device
utilizing a multitude of technologies.  The system is fully, independent of
the vehicles' already existing computer modules and contains its own
microprocessors, sensors and memory much like the proven aircraft data
recorders, thereby providing data with integrity.
    First to be introduced in Europe then the U.S. shortly thereafter, the
base commercial truck system will contain Accident Recordation, Commercial
Drivers Log, and Anti-Theft technologies.  Additional modular and upgradable
"plug-in" technologies will include Weigh-in-Motion, Wireless Communications
(Cellular & Satellite Voice & Data plus Two Way Mobile Radio), GPS (Global
Positioning), Electronic Fee Collection, Voice Recognition, Voice Synthesis
and Navigation.  Another first will be the offering of a commercial trailer
system that will include Accident Recordation, Wireless Communications, and
GPS technology in the basic unit.  The trailer system can be upgraded to
include Weigh-In-Motion that will also double as an Anti-Theft feature.  The
Wireless Communication features allow data to be electronically downloaded to
a fixed or mobile location, thereby providing more efficient enforcement of
transport commerce.
    DAT, in seeking a joint venture with a satellite communications company,
has met with Washington D.C. based Iridium and spoken to Motorola, which owns
18 percent of Iridium.  DAT believes Iridium to be the excellent candidate for
such a joint venture because of their inherent overlapping satellite coverage
capabilities.  The number of EU (European Union) commercial vehicle
registrations for trucks, trailers and buses has reached the 30 million mark.
The possible inclusion of Iridium's satellite technology into DAT's "Vehicle
Data Recorder System" could prove to be enormously beneficial to both
companies should a deal be reached.  Having access to a marketplace of this
magnitude could virtually change the whole "ballgame" for Iridium.
    Recent European Union (EU) legislation was adopted in Brussels, Belgium
regarding On-Board monitoring devices for certain classes of commercial trucks
and buses.  This new legislation, 13 years in the making, provides for the
mandatory fitment of an On-Board vehicular monitoring device to be used in
approximately 9 million trucks and buses throughout the 15 EU countries over
the next 10 years.
    Working with EU officials as well as European State government officials
for over 11 years, DAT has been very influential and has participated in the
drafting of this important transport legislation.  The proposed EU
specifications expected to be completed by this year's and, emulate our
"Vehicle Data Recorder System."  It is perceived by DAT that a similar system
could soon be adopted in a the U.S. as well.

    Manufacturing plans are in the works and DAT is very excited about the
safety and control that our system will provide for worldwide transportation.