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Delta Meridian Inc
17106 Preston Bend Drive
Dallas
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SameLane launches network using vehicle license plates as ‘calling cards’ for vehicle to vehicle social cell phone calls.

Dallas TX -- May 21, 2007 --   Delta Meridian announced today the launch of SameLane the new Roadway Social Communications Network on its web site www.samelane.com and public access phone number 1-469-533-0170 which serves all fifty states and Canada. To receive calls from other road users anyone can register their cellular phone number and  vehicle license plate on the secure web site www.samelane.com   SameLane stickers for placing inside a vehicle rear window or affixed to the bumper can be downloaded free of charge from www.samelane.com . Magnetic SameLane vehicle stickers are available from www.samelanemerchandise.com .  To encourage road users to use this premium charge service the company is allowing anyone to make three calls free of charge to see the service in action. The SameLane system does not reveal the caller ID of either party so privacy is protected.

Vince Waterson, the inventor of the patent pending technology behind SameLane, and a director of Delta Meridian Inc of Dallas, the company promoting and operating the new service dispelled media reports that the newly launched service might promote dangerous driving when he said “There is a reason why so many people, who are typically well mannered, turn into monsters in their cars.  We at SameLane believe that a contributing factor to this anti-social behavior is, that once behind the wheel, drivers are caged in walls of glass and steel and have no way of communicating with other drivers”.

The company believes that this inability to communicate with the driver a of vehicle less than 100 feet away frequently means that drivers in two vehicles may have to second guess what moves the other driver intends to make and this lack of communication leads to frustration, anger and in some cases road rage. SameLane however is a new network which promotes privacy protected vehicle to vehicle communications through its proprietary patent pending switching systems and this improved communications between vehicles will, the company believes, ultimately lead to a reduction in driver stress and anger and generally make the roadways a safer place to drive. Above all, SameLane is a network for people who wish to be sociable on the roadways of this country.

According to a recent survey carried out by two US universities 71.7% of US cellular owners use their cell phone regularly in their car and only 4.53% of those interviewed said they wish to ban the use of cell phones whilst driving, so the consensus of opinion is that a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones in vehicles is not going to take place any time soon.

The company advises that it is not promoting unsafe driving and expects that, with future government spending on HOV lanes, there will be more two rider vehicles on the road where passengers can safely use the SameLane system whilst vehicles are traveling at speed. In fact California, which has some of the country’s worst traffic conditions, announced last month that out of the $4.5 billion it’s allocating for road improvements some $2.5 billion is earmarked for HOV lanes. Now that’s a lot of roadway for vehicles with two or more passengers who could use the SameLane system any time they choose.  There are many other situations on the road where careful drivers should be able to use the system without endangering fellow road users. For example drivers using hands free cell phones with voice activated commands or those stationary in traffic jams long enough to have time to put their vehicles into park mode. Off the freeways there may also be circumstances where vehicles are in a long traffic queues at red lights where it may be reasonable to use the SameLane system.  The company advises that drivers should only use the SameLane system when road conditions make it safe to do so and to please drive safely.

The company also plans to launch two other additional services very soon.

For political campaign managers a service called Calls-For-A-Cause (www.callsforacause.com ) which will enable them to offer SameLane bumper stickers customized with their political slogan to their supporters. A percentage of the premium charge SameLane calls made to supporters displaying SameLane Calls-For-A-Cause stickers on their vehicles will go to the political organization promoting the service. Think of it as a ‘Drive-Thru Political Donation Service’.   

For socialites who can’t get enough networking on the road SameLane will also offer an off-road service. SameLane will be offering for purchase on-line its 'License to Talk' signature T-shirt collection.  Each T-shirt will be printed with the customer’s Vehicle License Plate number and the SameLane access phone number. So now when SameLane users leave their vehicle and socialize maybe in a bar, club or shopping mall they can have 'ice breaker' cell phone calls with other people nearby by simply wearing their SameLane T-shirt.  SameLane does however protect the user’s privacy so cell phone numbers are never revealed by the network.  If someone calls once too often the SameLane system enables the person called to permanently bar incoming calls from that number and the caller will never know the cell number that was called.

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