Why HaulGuard

The answer matters. The record matters after.

Hazmat paperwork is often checked from memory, a regulation book, and the time available at the dock. When something is wrong, it may not surface until the scale house—or until the load is already moving.

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HaulGuard driver record showing audit complete, cited placard conformance, driver attestations, and the Evidence Packet button
Actual driver record on sample-fleet data. Cited determinations, signed attestations, and the Evidence Packet in one place.
The problem

The paperwork is where the decision starts. It is rarely where the proof ends.

A driver has a shipping paper in hand and a practical question: what placards does this load require, and can these materials ride together? The answer can depend on the description, hazard class, packing group, quantity, packaging, and exceptions spread across 49 CFR.

A correct answer made from memory can still be hard to reconstruct later. A mistake may wait for an inspector at roadside or a receiver at the dock to find it. HaulGuard is built to move that review forward—and leave behind a record of what was checked.

What HaulGuard actually does

AI reads. The driver verifies. The rules engine cites. The ledger records.

Each layer has one job. The AI does not get the final word, and the result is not a black-box verdict.

Read the paper

HaulGuard reads the physical shipping paper and extracts the load information for review.

Verify every field

The driver checks the extracted information against the paper and corrects what the AI missed.

Show the basis

Placard and segregation determinations carry the controlling 49 CFR citation instead of asking you to trust an unexplained answer.

Keep the record

Every scan produces an inspection-ready Evidence Packet backed by an append-only SHA-256 hash-chained ledger.

The Evidence Packet brings together the paper as read, the driver’s verification, the cited reasoning, and the audit trail. Its chain integrity can be checked at haulguard.ai/verify without a HaulGuard account.

Public verifier showing a verified SHA-256 chain with all links matching and zero broken links
Proof outside the product

An inspector does not have to take HaulGuard’s word for it.

The public verifier re-hashes the audit chain in the visitor’s browser and compares the result with the head hash printed on the Evidence Packet.

  • No account required
    Open the verifier from the packet’s QR or URL.
  • No driver data exposed
    The public response contains hashes, not the private payload.
  • Broken links surface
    A changed chain does not quietly pass as intact.

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Why trust it

Experience, citations, and evidence you can inspect.

Built by a hazmat driver Founder Zackary Foster hauled hazmat for eight years. HaulGuard was built around the questions drivers face before the wheels turn.
Every determination cited The rule belongs next to the result, where a driver, safety manager, or inspector can read it.
USPTO Patent Pending No. 64/048,483 The patent-pending status is part of HaulGuard AI LLC’s published identity record.
What HaulGuard is not

Honesty is part of the compliance record.

HaulGuard does not replace hazmat training. It does not certify compliance. It does not turn best-effort AI extraction into legal authority.

The driver still makes the call. Every field must be checked against the paper, because the driver’s verification—not the AI—is the legal record. If a question remains open, the Evidence Packet should show it rather than hide it.

That boundary is not fine print. A compliance tool should make responsibility clearer, not blur it.

See it for yourself

Bring the paper. Keep the proof.

Scan a real shipping paper, or use the free lookup when you only need one UN/NA reference.

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