HGV-safe routing, built into the job.
NavigateMagic is in-truck navigation 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.
Trusted by UK haulage operators
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.
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 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
Navigation that knows the vehicle it's routing.
Put the truck, trailer and driver on a job and NavigateMagic plans the route around that truck's size, then guides the driver to the drop by voice. It's part of HaulierMagic, so the office sees it too.
Routed for the actual vehicle
The truck and its trailers carry their height, width, length and weight. Put all three on the job and NavigateMagic plans a route that fits them. A flatbed and a double-decker fridge don't get sent the same way.
Low bridges, called early
NavigateMagic keeps the route clear of low bridges, and warns the driver early, with room to act, not when they're already under one. The most expensive wrong turn in haulage, designed out.
Voice-guided, one less thing to handle
Spoken turn-by-turn directions to the drop, so the driver keeps their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. No second screen, no postcode to type. It's already on the job.
Knows when a driver goes off-route
NavigateMagic tracks the driver's position the whole way, not just collection to drop, so it spots when a run goes off the planned route. The office sees the real journey, and a mileage query is settled with the map, not an argument.
Every mile measured, your own fleet and your subs
NavigateMagic tracks the truck's position all day, so it counts the empty running between drops, not just the loaded legs. Run it on subcontractor trucks too and you see their real mileage, so you pay for the miles that were actually driven. It's an optional add-on per driver, so turn it on for the drivers and subs where it pays.
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.
How a job becomes a safe route.
The vehicle is assigned
Truck, trailer and driver go onto the job in planning, each carrying its own dimensions.
The route is built for it
NavigateMagic generates an HGV-safe route around that vehicle's height, weight and length.
The driver is guided
Turn-by-turn voice in the Driver App, clear of low bridges and unsuitable roads.
The office sees the real journey
Actual position and any deviation feed back, so tracking and empty miles are based on what happened.
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 Dales
Stears Haulage Limited
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.
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.
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