Abstract: An incident response system for a vehicle, the incident response system comprising: incident detection means, exterior audio detection means, communication means and control means. The incident detection means detects an event indicative of a vehicle incident. The exterior audio detection means detects audio exterior to the vehicle. The communication means operatively supports an audio communication channel with a remote communication means. The control means is arranged to control the communication means in dependence on the detection of an event indicative of a vehicle incident, to establish an audio communication channel between the vehicle and the remote communication means. The control means is operable to cause selective transmission of the audio detected exterior to the vehicle to the remote communication means over the established audio communication channel.

Abstract: A vehicle telematics system including a Wi-Fi module, the telematics system being configured, in dependence on at least one predetermined vehicle condition, to selectively activate or maintain activation of the Wi-Fi module when the vehicle is not in use.

Abstract: An incident response system for a vehicle, the incident response system comprising: incident detection means, exterior audio detection means, communication means and control means. The incident detection means detects an event indicative of a vehicle incident. The exterior audio detection means detects audio exterior to the vehicle. The communication means operatively supports an audio communication channel with a remote communication means. The control means is arranged to control the communication means in dependence on the detection of an event indicative of a vehicle incident, to establish an audio communication channel between the vehicle and the remote communication means. The control means is operable to cause selective transmission of the audio detected exterior to the vehicle to the remote communication means over the established audio communication channel.

Abstract: A vehicle distributed network subsystem (20; 30; 50; 60; 70; 80; 90; 100) for providing feedback to a user comprises a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) each having an associated processor or signal conditioning device such as a filter or a gate. Two or more human-to-machine interfacing terminals provide feedback to the driver. The ECUs can communicate with one another and with said terminals over a data transmission means (6; 13; 39; 101). The data transmission means is configured to receive data from at least one data source. The subsystem is configured to define a nominated ECU (10; 32; 72) for generating processed data from data received from said data transmission means, and the subsystem is configured to deliver said processed data to each of said terminals for consistent output to the user.