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Planner, Android Drive and Web Drive screen towing routes for pronounced road bends and maneuver concerns. Bends can occur without a turn instruction, and the two counts can overlap. Review the route before departure; these indicators do not measure turning room or certify that your vehicle fits.

An alternative may take longer while having fewer detected concerns. Automatic comparison requires complete setup inputs and comparable route data, and checks maneuver categories rather than just the total number of flags. The first route is not necessarily a towing recommendation. A displayed zero bend count does not prove the entire route was screened: missing or sparse geometry can prevent comparison. Review available alternatives and posted restrictions.

Save the setup to your account and sign in with the same account in Planner, Android Drive and Web Drive. Check that account sync has finished. Device-only setups stay local; Planner’s Copy browser setups to account can copy older browser saves.

Saved trips keep their own setup snapshots. After changing your saved rig measurements, select the updated setup in the trip and calculate a fresh route. Saving a rig and saving a trip are separate actions.

RÛTE rejects a route when the routing service reports a height-restriction violation. An eligible returned alternative may be used; if none is available, review the warning, your setup and another route before starting. Do not reduce the entered height to make a route pass.

A mapped height restriction can cause the routing service to choose another road. You may simply receive the route around it; a bridge-specific explanation is not yet available for every detour. A longer route can also have other causes, so the app should not attribute it to a particular bridge without evidence.

In Android Build 133 or later, open Map & voice → Map appearance → Map type and choose Road or Satellite, then Apply. Android Auto uses Map & voice → Map view → Map type and shares the phone’s choice. In Drive Web, use Map & settings → Map appearance → Map type. The view is remembered on your device or in this browser. Satellite includes road labels; changing the view keeps your selected trip. Imagery is not live and requires map data. The existing offline downloads do not include satellite imagery.

The optional clearance overlay in Planner, Web Drive and Android Build 133 or later (including Android Auto) shows reported road-height numbers where matching source records are available, P for a reported physical gap, and U = height unknown elsewhere. It is a view of visible map crossings, separate from the vehicle restrictions used when requesting a route. A U marker does not identify a verified low bridge or tell you whether your rig fits. Missing markers do not mean clear passage.

On Android, open Trip tools → Route review → Overpass indicators. In Android Auto, use Map & voice → Map view → Overpass indicators. The phone and car share this on/off setting. Zoom in to see available crossings.

Tap a numbered marker on the web, or open Crossing details in the Android overpass controls, for its road, directional values, source and dates. A physical gap is not the same as a legal height limit. Different directional values are separated by a slash.

These are community-reported OpenStreetMap attributes, not new surveys. The national source snapshot is refreshed regularly; expired or unavailable data falls back to unknown. Numbers do not certify that a route fits your rig and do not provide an independent approach warning. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL. Current data snapshot.

Browser/device saves stay on that device. Save the trip to your account for account access elsewhere, or use the available file export/import tools. Saving a trip does not transfer an active navigation session or live checklist progress.

Sign in to the same account on each device, then open Saved places. Use Refresh saved places if the account library needs another refresh. Device-only copies do not automatically appear on another device. If a save is pending or a conflict is shown, resolve it before switching accounts or clearing device data.

Existing trips keep their own copies of places. Review and update the trip itself if you changed an entrance in your saved places.

Set up your trip on the Android phone while parked, connect the phone to your vehicle’s Android Auto, then open RÛTE on the car display. The native phone app and Android Auto share the navigation session. Car controls follow Android Auto’s availability rules; some reviews and stop changes belong on the phone.

Web Drive does not project to Android Auto. Android app availability depends on the release or testing access you have.

Open rute.life/drive, allow precise location and keep the page visible for guidance. Browser voice and screen-awake behavior depend on your device. Web Drive has manual Recover route, rather than automatic rerouting, and cannot provide offline navigation.

Turn on the Traffic overlay to see available congestion colors and its legend. Uncolored roads mean traffic is unknown. The overlay does not itself choose a faster route or promise automatic delay avoidance.

Open Trip tools → Find a stop (or Find fuel). During guidance, search Ahead along your route or Nearby. Ahead searches sections before the next planned stop; use Search next 50 miles when offered.

Review added miles and driving time before confirming. Search results do not verify hours, services or room for a trailer. Check the entrance and exit before committing.

Planner has weather and wind tools for trip review. In Drive, use Weather near you or Wind near you for local conditions, and Weather ahead during guidance for sampled forecast areas along the upcoming route.

Load current alerts separately and read the source time and instructions. These are sampled US forecasts and alerts, not continuous radar or automatic background warnings.

Before leaving, review Departure fuel estimate for that day and vehicle. During guidance, Fuel remaining accepts your current range or total fuel and expected consumption.

After refueling, enter the new total or range. These are manual estimates, not readings from your fuel tank; changing routes or losing reliable progress can clear them.

Create departure checklists in Planner or Android Drive. Web Drive loads the checklist assigned to a saved Planner trip; it does not yet create a standalone departure list. Review tires, connections, secured cargo and your own trip-specific items before you leave. The arrival checklist is separate; start fresh at each stop. Do not assume checkmarks sync between devices.

Open community reports while parked. This feature is available only when the deployment and your account are enabled for the pilot. Review a map pin, enter a road name, category and observation time, then submit privately for moderation. Shared observations remain unverified and expire after 30 days; they do not change routing. Missing reports are not an all-clear. Flag a concern with a reason, or open My submissions to delete your own report. Shared reviews require a refresh after five minutes. Android’s phone app provides Community reports directly for enabled accounts. Choose a report area or use Near my route after previewing a route. Near my route shows observations within one mile of the route geometry; a nearby pin may belong to a different road. Filtered pages can be empty even when another page has matches, so use Next page when available. My submissions remains unfiltered. There is no Android Auto reporting screen.

On supported Android builds, Ahead results and the selected stop review can show the nearest route point as approximately ahead, behind you or near your current position. The separate distance from the route is a straight-line estimate, not the driving distance to the entrance.

Nearby search results may only show approximate distance away until you select a place. Open its review for route position and added driving time and miles. Position can be unavailable on ambiguous or changed routes. These labels do not confirm the correct side of the road, an exit or trailer access.

Look up an exact road number in Hiawatha or Ottawa to review official MVUM segment designations, source season text and geometry. Android opens this web review while parked; Planner and Drive Web link to it from their menus. Internet is required. No current-closure or towing-clearance decision is made, and routes are not changed. In Planner, open the selected route’s Route details → Road overview to compare a known forest road with a supported single-day route. The sketch and approximate straight-line separation do not establish that the route uses that road: lines may cross at bridges or run beside each other. Unsupported geometry says comparison is unavailable. Check the linked official maps and alerts. Missing records and road update dates remain unknown; seasonal and local coverage is incomplete.

Open Offline readiness in Drive to review what is saved locally. Saved trips are not downloaded maps. Web Drive needs connectivity for navigation services.

Android’s Offline readiness → Offline downloads offers smaller Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette and Sault–Marquette areas, plus Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Review the selected rectangular bounds and size estimate before downloading. Last successful download time is recorded on the phone; it is not a road-data update date. New offline routes with supplied vehicle dimensions remain blocked because enforcement is unverified. Seasonal/local coverage, length and axle limits remain incomplete. Keep the download panel open on unmetered internet while parked. These tools are still an early foundation; a download or saved plan does not certify complete offline routing. Verify your specific trip and device before relying on it beyond coverage, and carry a backup plan.

Check precise location permission, move to a place with a clear view of the sky and wait for a fresh fix. In Web Drive, keep the page visible and use Request precise location in Map appearance. If the position is uncertain, stop safely before following further instructions.

Calculate a fresh preview from your current position, review it and tap Start. A saved preview is not intended to start from a different location.

Use Trip tools → Recover route when available to review a new route through remaining stops, then explicitly apply it. After an interruption, reopen the saved trip or interrupted-trip reminder, review the remaining stops and calculate a fresh route. Live guidance is not automatically restored.

Do not continue onto an unsuitable road just to follow the line. Stop safely and review an alternative. Check the entrance pin in Planner. For an issue report, include the place, road, direction of travel and a screenshot if possible.

On Android Build 124 and later, open Navigation → Account & help → Privacy & data while parked for the policy. Location can be used while the map is open, and active guidance can continue when you switch apps or use Android Auto. End navigation when finished; manage location permission in Android Settings. While parked, the phone map’s information (i) control beside Mapbox provides attribution and telemetry choices.

Signing out does not erase saved phone data or close your cloud account. Build 124 system backups and Android phone-to-phone transfers keep only guidance voice and volume preferences. Save guest content to your account or export it before replacing or resetting your phone. Read Android privacy and storage details before clearing storage or requesting account deletion.

Open account-deletion instructions even if you cannot sign in. Android’s Account & Planner trips → Request account deletion also shows instructions and lets you copy a blank request template. Send the request yourself; copying a template or opening an email draft does not send it or delete anything. Support verifies ownership before processing removal.