Solution · Transport & Facilities
Vehicle Management
Vehicles identified as they approach, gates that open without a guard, and a complete movement record.
- 5–12 m
- Identification range on approach
- No stop
- Barrier opens before arrival
- Complete
- Movement log with time and lane
Every gate that stops a vehicle to check it costs time and creates a queue. A long-range RFID windshield tag identifies the vehicle from ten metres away, so the barrier is already opening when the car arrives. The same read builds a movement record that a manual gate register never produces.
The problem today
What it looks like before
If two or three of these describe your operation, this solution is worth a conversation. If none of them do, it probably is not.
What we hear
Vehicles queue at the gate while a guard checks a pass and opens the barrier by hand.
The gate register is incomplete and illegible, so there is no usable movement history.
Unauthorised vehicles get in because checking every one properly is impractical.
Weighbridge, loading and gate records are separate, so a trip cannot be reconstructed end to end.
How it works
Step by step, on site
Not an architecture diagram — the actual sequence of what happens to a physical thing.
- 1
Tag the vehicle
A windshield sticker tag or headlamp tag is fitted, mapped to the vehicle, owner, category and validity period.
- 2
Read on approach
A long-range reader identifies the vehicle 5 to 12 metres out, before it reaches the barrier.
- 3
Decide and open
Access rules by category, time and validity decide instantly, and the controller drives the boom barrier with no guard action.
- 4
Record the movement
Entry and exit are logged with time, lane and direction, and can be paired with an ANPR camera image.
- 5
Join it to operations
Gate reads link to weighbridge, loading and delivery records so a trip is one continuous story.
Software used
What changes
Results and benefits
Figures come from real deployments. They depend on site conditions, which is why we commit to numbers for your site only after a trial.
- 5–12 m
- Identification range on approach
- No stop
- Barrier opens before arrival
- Complete
- Movement log with time and lane
- Queues at the gate disappear at shift change and peak delivery times.
- A withdrawn tag is blocked centrally in seconds, unlike a physical pass.
- Movement history is complete enough to investigate an incident.
- Guards do the job that needs judgement instead of raising a barrier.
Example deployment
What one site looked like
Client names are withheld until we have written permission to publish them.
Industrial estate, 3 lanes, 1,100 registered vehicles
Windshield tags on all resident and contractor vehicles with long-range readers on three lanes. Morning queue time at the main gate dropped from an average of six minutes to effectively nothing, and unregistered vehicles are now flagged to the guard instead of being waved through.
Implementation & support
How the project actually runs
Including the parts that take the longest and the parts you have to own rather than us.
- 1
Lane survey
Lane width, approach speed, barrier position and where a vehicle must be identified by, which sets the antenna choice and angle.
- 2
Tag fitment drive
Windshield tags fitted and registered against vehicles, usually over a scheduled window with a fallback pass for stragglers.
- 3
Reader and barrier installation
Long-range readers, loop detectors, barriers and controller wiring installed and tuned against real traffic.
- 4
Rules configuration
Categories, time windows, validity and blacklist rules configured, with guard override for exceptions.
- 5
ANPR and integration
Number plate cameras and links to weighbridge or delivery systems added where the site needs them.
Vehicle Management solution brief
Long-range windshield tags, barrier control and the complete gate movement record.
This is the document that used to live at /pdf/vehicle.pdf on the old site. The content is now on this page; the PDF stays available.
Questions
Before you commit
Does a windshield tag work through a tinted or metallised screen?
Metallised windscreens block UHF and need a headlamp tag or a tag on an unmetallised patch. We check this on your vehicle mix during the survey.
Can the tag be moved to another car?
Windshield tags are tamper-evident and break on removal, which is the point. Where vehicles change often, a portable tag holder with a registered validity is used instead.
Do we still need a guard?
Yes, for exceptions and for visitors. What changes is that the guard stops handling the routine 90% and deals with the cases that need a person.
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