Vehicle-Induced Roadway Debris Monitoring

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device for implementing a method of monitoring vehicles, the method comprising:
• generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle;
• in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident;
• and
• initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident.

A vehicular monitoring system, comprising:

• a reporting vehicle;
• a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle;
• the reporting vehicle comprising a computer system for generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris;
• the monitored vehicle comprising a system for updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident;
• and
• a system for initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident.