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AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO KEY PATENT ENABLING ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION FOR RENTAL AND CORPORATE FLEET VEHICLES

Scottsdale, Arizona, April 20, 2007 - American Traffic Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has exclusive rights to the US Patent No. 6127938 including all related Intellectual Property, designs, plans and manufacturing agreements for the product previously known as the EZ-Shield. The device, now called PlatePass® TagShield, is a small, windshield-mounted box that holds any standard electronic toll payment transponder (e.g. E-ZPass, SunPass, I-Pass, FasTrak, etc). The TagShield windshield box enables the driver to activate the in-car toll transponder at any time, by simply opening the activation drawer to expose the toll transponder. If a driver in a vehicle which is equipped with a TagShield device prefers to pay a toll with cash, the driver leave the TagShield closed and can anonymously pay cash in designated toll lanes. This TagShield is immediately available to all PlatePass® subscribed (www.PlatePass.com) fleet owners and rental car companies. The TagShield will enable electronic, non-stop cashless toll collection capabilities in every vehicle where transponders are still required to pay tolls electronically.

"This exclusive patented TagShield device will enable rapid interim expansion of our PlatePass® Services to toll road regions where traditional transponders are still required for cashless, electronic toll collection," stated Jim Tuton, President of ATS which owns and operates PlatePass® Services. "In addition to providing an increased service to our current clients, the TagShield also provides corporations and fleet owners with an effective way to offer electronic toll collection to company drivers using vehicles during business travel. It can also be used effectively to control toll charges by fleet usage during off-hours."

PlatePass® rental vehicle toll collection services have been operating since 2006, beginning at the Harris County Toll Road in Houston, TX. PlatePass® was designed to leverage existing toll collection systems and camera technology installed at toll collection systems. PlatePass enables rental car customers to use the electronic, cashless toll lanes. Toll charges accumulated during the rental period can be paid with the credit card used to rent the vehicle. PlatePass® Services enable rental car customers to use the high-speed lanes and avoid waiting in line to pay cash for tolls.

"Our TagShield product will meet our client's objectives to provide value-added services to their customers without the hassle of additional paperwork and transponder rental agreements," explained Tuton. "We now offer an in-car solution to our clients, which will PlatePass®-enable all rental vehicles with an electronic transponder until license plate image tolling becomes available in those regions."

American Traffic Solutions, Inc. provides electronic toll collection services for rental car companies through its branded PlatePass® product. ATS is a leading provider of technology and business solutions that support electronic toll and traffic management programs worldwide.

For more information on PlatePass, please visit http://www.platepass.com

For more information on ATS' services and products, please visit http://www.atsol.com.

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