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Creating Transport Profiles

Fleets are often comprised of varying vehicle types, and each can have significantly different requirements when it comes to planning an optimal route.

Transport Profiles consist of:

  • Car – comprised of cars and vans
  • Truck - includes light truck

The utilisation of Transport Profiles enables enhancements and accuracy in route planning.

To Create a Transport Profile

In the Radaro Management Portal, go to Settings – Add-Ons – Transport Profiles – Add New

Set a Profile name, vehicle type and add a description.

Transport Profile

Depending on the vehicle type chosen, the options available will vary.

Creating a Car Profile

Optional settings include:

  • Speed - Set a speed cap to be used to specify the maximum speed of the car
  • Route Calculation Mode - 
    • Fast – route optimised by travel time
    • Short – route optimised by travel distance
  • Avoid   - Specifies a list of routing attributes that can be avoided
    • Toll road 
    • Ferry
    • Tunnel
    • Dirt road
    • Controlled access highway
    • U-turns
    • Environmental zone
Creating a Truck Profile

    When creating a Truck profile the following optional settings are available in addition to the above Car settings.

    • Dimensions - Height, Width and Length (in feet or metres)
    • Weight - Weight per Axle and Gross Weight(inKg or lb)
    • Shipped hazardous goods - select all from the drop down list that apply which includes the following as an example:
      • Explosive
      • Gas
      • Flammable
      • Poison
      • Combustible
      • Corrosive
    • Tunnel category - Restricts the routes to pass only through tunnels of a less strict category

    Once the Transport Profiles have been created, you can apply the profile to the Driver by updating the Driver Profile and applying the correct Transport Profile to each Driver.