A sat-nav on the dash
- Routes for a car, not a loaded lorry
- No idea of the trailer's height or weight
- Low bridges and weak bridges found on arrival
- A separate device, nothing to do with the job
NavigateMagic
HGV-safe routing, built into the job.
NavigateMagic is the in-truck navigation inside HaulierMagic, the transport management system that knows the truck's height, weight and length. It guides the driver to the drop by voice, around the low bridges and narrow roads a loaded truck can't take. Built into the job, not a sat-nav on the dash.
- Routed on the vehicle profile, not a car's
- Low bridges flagged, and the warning logged
- Every mile measured, loaded and empty
Trusted by UK haulage operators
The problem
A car sat-nav doesn't know it's driving a truck.
Leave routing to whatever app the driver has, and it plans like it would for a car. It doesn't know the load is 44 tonnes. It doesn't know the trailer's height. So it sends a loaded truck down a road that's too narrow, or under a bridge that's too low. The driver finds out the hard way: a closed road, a damaged trailer, a DVSA report and a day lost.
NavigateMagic in the truck
- Routes for the truck and trailer on the job
- Height, weight and length built into the route
- Low bridges flagged and avoided before them
- Sent with the job, no extra kit to manage
How it works
Three jobs: route it for the vehicle, warn the driver, count the miles.
NavigateMagic is a chargeable add-on to the platform. Open any stage for the flow it follows, or the full list behind it.
Route it for the vehicle, not for a car
Routing runs on a vehicle profile rather than a generic one, and the same engine produces the drive time, distance and mileage behind every leg of every run.
- Per profile The route respects what that vehicle can actually do
- Every leg Drive time, distance and mileage, run by run
Call the bridge before the driver reaches it
Navigation raises two kinds of alert: a low bridge on the route ahead, and a change to the planned route. Both are recorded against the driver and vehicle with a timestamp.
- 2 alert types Low bridge on the route, and a reroute off the plan
- Audited Driver, vehicle, type and timestamp, on every alert
Count the miles, loaded and empty
The same engine that routes the leg measures it, and that mileage feeds the reports that tell you what a customer, a vehicle or a lane really costs to serve.
- Per leg Distance and drive time on every leg of every run
- Loaded vs empty Repositioning miles reported apart from earning miles
The cost of getting it wrong
A bridge strike is the most expensive wrong turn in haulage.
Most strikes start the same way: the truck's real height never reaches the sat-nav, so it sends a loaded truck under a bridge it can't clear. What follows is rarely small, and nearly all of it is avoidable.
On the day
- Police called and the road closed
- Engineers out to inspect the bridge for structural damage
- The lorry recovered and the load going nowhere
- The haulier often liable for the repair bill
For the driver and the operator
- Fixed penalties, or prosecution for careless driving
- An insurance claim, and a higher premium after it
- Recovery charges and disciplinary action
- Deliveries missed across the rest of the run
Add up the vehicle damage, the recovery, the repairs, the missed deliveries and the insurance, and one strike can cost more than years of software. It's one of the most expensive avoidable incidents in haulage, and a route that knows the truck's height is how you stop it.
The outcome
Fewer bridge strikes. Honest mileage. Drivers who trust the route.
Design out the bridge strike
A height-aware route and an early low-bridge warning take the most damaging wrong turn off the table, before it costs you a truck and a day.
Pay for the miles driven
Position tracking counts the empty running and a sub's real mileage, so you can check what you're billed against what really happened.
Keep what drivers already use
Prefer their TomTom? NavigateMagic is optional. Leave it off and drivers use their own, or turn it on where it earns its place. Your call, per driver.
Since using a TMS system, planning has become much simpler, saving time and creating full visibility whilst allowing the drivers to go paperless using the mobile app.
Gary Dale Stears Haulage Limited Questions
What operators ask about NavigateMagic.
How does it know the route is safe for my vehicle?
The truck and its trailers carry their height, width, length and weight. With the truck, trailer and driver on the job, NavigateMagic plans the route to fit them, so it suits the truck actually doing the work.
Does it warn about low bridges?
Yes. NavigateMagic keeps the route clear of low bridges for the vehicle's height and warns the driver in good time, rather than letting them discover a restriction at the bridge itself.
Do drivers have to use it, or can they keep their own sat-nav?
It's optional, and a per-driver add-on. Leave it off and drivers use their own device, like a TomTom, or turn it on for the drivers and routes where HGV-safe guidance matters.
What does it run on?
It's part of the HaulierMagic Driver App, so it runs on the driver's phone alongside their jobs and proof of delivery. There's no separate satnav unit to buy or mount.
How does it help with mileage and empty running?
NavigateMagic tracks the truck's position all day, not just collection to drop, so it counts the empty running between drops. Run it on subcontractor trucks and you see their real mileage to check against what they invoice.
Is it an extra cost?
Yes, it's a chargeable add-on charged per driver on top of the core platform. You only pay it for the drivers you turn it on for. We'll give you the current figure on a demo.
Explore the product
NavigateMagic is one part of the platform.
Take the next step
See a real route built for a real lorry.
Book a demo and we'll put one of your vehicles on a job and route it with NavigateMagic, height, weight and all, so you can see the difference between HGV-safe guidance and a sat-nav on the dash.
- No sales pitch
- 30 minutes
- Route one of your own vehicles, height and all
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