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A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location i

A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location information of said vehicle to said local controller; an interface associated with said central controller for inputting fleet management requests to said central controller; and an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a fleet operator with geo-location specific information received from said local controller and in response to said fleet management requests.

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A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location i

A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said central controller; a geo-location device located in said vehicle for providing current geo-location information of said vehicle to said local controller; an interface associated with said central controller for inputting fleet management requests to said central controller; and an output device associated with said central controller for presenting a fleet operator with geo-location specific information received from said local controller and in response to said fleet management requests. f a vehicle mass and the center-of-gravity height of the motor vehicle and axzis a longitudinal acceleration of the motor vehicle. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of determining the longitudinal acceleration by the control device from signals of the wheel sensor. 13. A method for determining a lateral acceleration of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: detecting a load at one of a wheel and an axle of the motor vehicle by a load sensor; supplying a signal corresponding to the load sensor to a control device; supplying a signal corresponding to at least one sensor to the control device, the at least one sensor including at least one of a wheel sensor and a speed sensor; and calculating a center-of-gravity height of the motor vehicle from at least the signals corresponding to the load sensor and the wheel sensor by the control device as a function of a driving condition of the motor vehicle in accordance with a predefined algorithm. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the control device calculates the center-of-gravity height in the calculating step during straight-ahead driving. 15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of determining the axle load by the control device from the signal of the load sensor at a rear wheel of an automotive truck. 16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the load sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to measure air pressure in a pneumatic suspension bellows of a pneumatic suspension. 17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the load sensor includes a spring-travel sensor configured to determine the load from a spring travel of the one of the wheel and the axle of the motor vehicle. 18. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of: detecting a steering angle of the motor vehicle by a steering-angle sensor; and supplying a signal corresponding to the steering-angle sensor to the control device. 19. The method according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the load sensor and the wheel sensor are components of one of a tipping preventing device and a level control device. 20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the algorithm is in the form of a software program. O; WO 00/52472, WO; WO 00/53798, WO; WO 00/65083, WO; WO 00/65084, WO; WO 00/65096, WO; WO 00/65347, WO; WO 00/65348, WO; WO 01/00117, WO; WO 01/16576, WO