1. A monitoring system for monitoring an area surrounding a vehicle comprising: an imaging system of the vehicle, said imaging system comprising at least one of an object detection system, a lane departure warning system, a lane change assist system, a side object detection system, a forward facing imaging system, a rearward facing imaging system, a back up aid and a panoramic view imaging system, said imaging system comprising an imaging sensor operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle; and a control responsive to said imaging sensor and selectably operable to communicate image data of said captured image to a remote receiving device remote from the vehicle.