Vehicle with tire monitoring capabilities includes at least one wheel,
each including a rim, a tire mounted on the rim, a sensor system for
sensing angular, radial, tangential and/or lateral acceleration of the
tire and providing acceleration signals based thereon, and an antenna
arranged on the rim or tire and coupled to the sensor system for
communicating data about the sensed acceleration. A processor receives
acceleration signals provided by the sensor system and determines the
existence of an anomaly in the tire based thereon. When arranged on the
wheel, the processor provides a signal indicative or representative of
the determination of the existence of the anomaly via the antenna to a
receiving antenna which conveys it to a reactive system. The reactive
system may provide a visual and/or audible warning to the driver of the
vehicle or to personnel at a vehicle or tire monitoring facility.