Inter-Vehicle Information Conveyance System and Method

A method for managing data about a surface condition and providing for surface condition data transfer between vehicles, comprising:

• generating information from a plurality of vehicles about the condition of the surface on which each vehicle is travelling using a sensor system at each vehicle;
• wirelessly communicating the generated surface condition information from each vehicle to an off-vehicle location using a communications system on each vehicle;
• determining a position of each vehicle using at least one position determining system;
• associating the surface condition information from each vehicle with the determined position of that vehicle such that the off-vehicle location includes position-based surface condition information;
• and
• disseminating the surface condition information from the off-vehicle location to the vehicles based on location of each vehicle.

A system for managing data about a surface condition and providing the data to vehicles, comprising:

• a data generating system arranged on a first vehicle and configured to generate information about the condition of the surface on which the first vehicle is travelling;
• a first vehicle position determining system that determines a position of the first vehicle;
• a first communications system arranged on the first vehicle and coupled to said data generating system and configured to wirelessly communicate the surface condition information to an off-vehicle location, the surface condition information being communicated from the first vehicle being associated with the determined position of the first vehicle;
• and
• a second communications system arranged on a second vehicle and configured to wirelessly receive the surface condition information from the off-vehicle location based on location of the second vehicle.