Approved routes

What it’s for — an approved route is the road corridor the office expects a trailer to follow for a job. While a trip runs, Craneye checks the driven path against it and flags sustained deviations in real time.

When you’d use it — any trailer move where you want to know if the driver strayed off the planned road, not just where they ended up.

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The approved route (dashed blue) with its buffer — drawn and edited from the Route tab.

How to draw an approved route

1. Open the job and go to the Route tab.

2. Click Set planned route (or Edit route if one already exists).

3. Click waypoints on the map, tracing the intended roads.

4. Set the buffer — how far off that line, in metres, still counts as on-route.

5. Save.

The approved route is shown as a dashed blue corridor on the map, both while planning and later during replay.

Trace the real road

Click enough waypoints to follow the actual roads, not a straight line between two towns — a straight line will false-flag every bend. Widen the buffer for rural roads, where the road itself may wander more than the app expects.

Deviations

While a trip is running, if the trailer sits outside the approved corridor for a sustained period — minutes, not a momentary blip — Craneye flags it as a deviation:

• shown as a red segment on the route replay,
• listed with the time, duration, and maximum distance off the corridor,
• and the dispatch desk is notified in real time as it happens.

Movement windows

If the job’s permits define allowed travel hours, Craneye also checks the trip against them. Driving outside the permitted window is flagged as a movement window breach, alongside any corridor deviations.

Editing an existing route

Already have an approved route on the job? The button on the Route tab switches to Edit route — reopen it to move waypoints or widen the buffer at any time. It’s the same screen either way.

Common questions

• Do I have to set an approved route for every trailer job? No — it’s optional. Trips without one still record and replay normally, just without a corridor to check against.
• Every trip is flagging a deviation on a road I know is fine. The buffer is probably too tight, or the waypoints don’t follow the real road closely enough — edit the route and widen the buffer or add more waypoints along the bends.
• Where do I see movement window breaches? Alongside deviations on the trip’s compliance panel — see Route replay.
• Who gets notified about a deviation? The dispatch desk, in real time, as soon as a sustained deviation is detected — not just after the trip ends.
• What counts as “sustained”? A brief blip off the line — a moment of GPS noise, or cutting a corner — isn’t flagged. It’s a deviation once the trailer stays outside the buffer for a stretch of time, not a single reading.

Related

Route replay Where deviations and window breaches show up after (or during) a trip.

Trailer route trips The driver side — starting and running a trip.

Permits Where movement windows and required route permits are set up.