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A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to

A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, comprising: determining by a processor data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle lo

What is claimed is: 1. A method for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, comprising: determining by a processor data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center; determining whether the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values; and if the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside the range of acceptable values, noting an exception. 2. A vehicle monitoring system for determining whether a vehicle has revisited a service center, comprising: a receiver for receiving vehicle location information; a processor in communication with the receiver, the processor programmed to perform a comparison of the vehicle location information relative to the service center and to determine whether the vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center; and the processor being programmed to note an exception if the number of times the vehicle is determined to have revisited the service center exceeds a range of acceptable values. 3. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions, executable by a processor to provide exception reporting in a vehicle management system by performing steps comprising: determining data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location data is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center; determining whether the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values; and if the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values, noting an exception. 4. A method for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, comprising: determining by a processor data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center during a certain time period after departing the service center, by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center during the time period; determining whether the number of noted revisits exceeds a predetermined number of acceptable revisits; and if the number of noted revisits exceeds the predetermined number of acceptable revisits, noting an exception. 5. The method as in claim 4, further comprising noting a revisit only if the vehicle location remains within the predetermined proximity of the service center for more than a predetermined time duration, so as to avoid noting permissible visits having a duration less than the predetermined time duration. 6. A vehicle monitoring system for determining whether a vehicle has revisited a service center, comprising: a receiver for receiving vehicle location information; a processor in communication with the receiver; the processor programmed to perform a comparison of the vehicle location information relative to the service center and to determine a revisit it the vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center during a certain time period after departing the service center; and the processor being programmed to note an exception if the number of determined revisits to the service center exceeds a predetermined number of acceptable revisits. 7. The vehicle monitoring system as in claim 6, wherein the processor is programmed to determine a revisit only if the vehicle location remains within the predetermined proximity of the service center for more than a predetermined time duration, so as to avoid determining as a revisit any permissible visit having a duration less than the predetermined time duration. 8. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions, executable by a processor to provide exception reporting in a vehicle management system by performing steps comprising: determining data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center during a certain time period after departing the service center, by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location data is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center during the time period; determining whether the number of noted revisits exceeds a predetermined number of acceptable revisits; and if the number of noted revisits exceeds the predetermined number of acceptable revisits, noting an exception. 9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions for noting a revisit further comprise instructions, executable by a processor for noting a revisit only if the vehicle location remains within the predetermined proximity of the service center for more than a predetermined time duration, so as to avoid noting as a revisit any permissible visit having a duration less than the predetermined time duration.