Mount it once
A compact unit stays in the vehicle and powers up with the vehicle instead of depending on a driver's personal phone.
Fleet collection
Put road sensing in the vehicles already driving every day.
Sucky Roads supports phone-based fleet collection for agency Operations pilots today, while a dedicated vehicle-mounted sensing unit is being developed for future deployments.
Available for pilots: mounted-phone fleet collection and agency workflows. In development: the dedicated plug-in Fleet hardware unit described below.
The idea
A small dedicated box. Automatic road data.
The planned Fleet unit is a compact vehicle-mounted sensor that can collect road-condition data without tying up an employee's phone. The prototype concept combines motion sensing, GPS, local processing, and a cellular connection in one small device powered by the vehicle.
Measure automatically
Motion sensors and GPS evaluate bumps, rough pavement, and repeat problem areas while the vehicle follows its normal route.
Send compact data
Processed road events can be uploaded over cellular service, with bandwidth kept small enough for practical fleet deployment.
Why Fleet
Coverage where ordinary app traffic may be thin.
Public works trucks, utility vehicles, school transportation, service fleets, and other regularly driven vehicles could repeatedly measure roads that may not receive enough crowdsourced phone passes.
Consistent coverage
Vehicles that drive the same territory every day can build dependable before-and-after road evidence.
Dedicated sensors
A fixed device creates a more consistent mounting environment than a phone moving between cupholders, pockets, and dashboards.
Repair verification
Repeated passes could show when a rough segment improves after patching, resurfacing, or other road work.
Fleet dashboard
Planned tools can summarize device health, coverage, data use, road priorities, and collection activity without exposing individual drivers publicly.
Operations plan
Start fleet collection without waiting for dedicated hardware.
Phone-based fleet collection is included in the Operations offering, starting at $6,000/year. Dedicated Fleet hardware will be priced separately when that device is ready for deployment.
Included in Operations
Supported mounted phones can collect road measurements in vehicles already traveling agency routes.
- Mounted-phone road measurement
- GPS and motion sensing
- Offline upload support
- Agency collection workflow
Starting at $6,000/year
Agency workflow for turning repeat fleet coverage into prioritized road information.
- Condition dashboard
- Repair tracking
- Reports and exports
- Implementation support
Prototype
A future dedicated sensing unit for agencies that want collection without using a phone.
- Fixed mounting environment
- Integrated GPS and motion sensing
- Vehicle-powered operation
- Future cellular option
Dedicated hardware status
The hardware box is still a prototype.
- Hardware enclosure and sensor package are still being prototyped.
- Cellular bandwidth is being measured with the Android beta first.
- Phone-based fleet collection and agency pilot workflows can be evaluated now.
- The dedicated hardware unit is not currently represented as production-ready.