METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ALERTS TO A CONNECTED VEHICLE DRIVER AND/OR A PASSENGER VIA CONDITION DETECTION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

A monitoring system for a vehicle can use one or more sensors to monitor a condition external to a vehicle while a driver is operating the vehicle and the vehicle is temporarily stopped. The system can detect a change in the condition external to the vehicle and transmit a signal wirelessly to a computing device of the driver, which can cause the computing device to output an alert indicating the change in the condition external to the vehicle.