TrustLane Guardian — it works when she cannot

The difference

10

minutes to be found

when the scooter itself calls it

2 hrs

if nobody knows she is down

a dark stretch, ignition off, phone out of reach

For a two-wheeler, lean angle, sudden deceleration, and an impact signature are the difference. A visible SOS makes the other problem worse: a driver harassing her, or someone she thinks is following.

Guardian is built for both. Detection that does not need her. And a response an aggressor cannot see.

PoC · three things only

Vehicle-sensed detection. A halt she can wait in. A route that prefers light.

01 · Detection

It works when she cannot.

Lean angle, sudden deceleration, impact signature from telematics. Abnormal stop reads context, not just a pin: stopped, ignition off, not a known destination, unusual hour, low-footfall stretch.

She gets a quiet “all okay?” — no answer in 60 seconds and it escalates on its own. No siren. No lock-screen panic tile.

Abnormal stop · 21:18

All okay?

Ignition off · not a saved place · low-footfall stretch

If there is no answer, we tell the people she chose.

I’m okayNeed help

Handlebar · 800ms

Hold. Screen stays ordinary.

Location · audio · reroute — none of it on the lock screen

02 · Discreet Mode

For the threat that gets worse if you react.

Long-press a handlebar or steering control. No phone, no screen, nothing an aggressor can see. Silently: live location to her contacts, audio capture begins, navigation quietly redirects to the nearest Safe Halt.

Nothing visible happens. That design decision is the entire point.

03 · Safe Halt network

A wait that is lit, staffed, and on the map.

Partner showrooms and service centres become designated waits: CCTV-covered, on the map, one tap to navigate to. Around them, parking and charging ranked by lighting, footfall, staffing, cameras and exit routes — not by distance, which is what every map gives her today.

Partner network · two-wheelers · Bengaluru first

Ranked by safety, not distance

1
Forum Halt, Koramangala
Lighting 9 · staff 9 · CCTV 9
2
100 Feet Halt, Indiranagar
Lighting 9 · exits 9 · footfall 9
3
Marathahalli Halt
ORR frontage · staffed bay

Guardian Route

Night routing by lighting, footfall, breakdown coverage and Safe Halt density — rather than by speed.

Auto share after dark

Journey sharing starts on night trips so she never has to remember. She still chooses who, and can revoke mid-ride.

Deviation, then a check

If the scooter stops somewhere it shouldn’t, Guardian treats it as context — then the quiet ‘all okay?’, not a public alarm.

Four minutes, on purpose

The safer corridor is often slower. The mock lets her see fastest vs Guardian, and why the longer one exists.

A principle, not a setting buried in Me

She controls who sees her location, for how long, and she can revoke it.

A safety product for women can quietly become a surveillance product over women. Location sharing that a father or husband controls — rather than she does — is a failure mode in this market. Guardian does not ship that way.

Contacts she adds. Duration she sets. Revoke all, immediately. Roadside Assist can be on for this ride only. Nobody is on the list by default.

Sharing · this ride

Ananya
Sister · you added her
Can see
Meera
Friend · you added her
Can see
Roadside Assist
Breakdown · this ride only
Off

Revoke all sharing

Not in this mock

On the roadmap after Oct–Jan

Evidence

Timestamped, tamper-evident ride-cam for harassment. An incident record and complaint support — not an alarm that ends when the siren does.

Verified community

Unsafe stretches and harassment hotspots reported by women, verified against real vehicle registrations, feeding Guardian Route.

Breakdown as escort

Technician photo and ID before arrival, live approach, contacts notified, routed to a Safe Halt instead of waiting in the dark.

Four-wheelers

Same Guardian layer. PoC stays two-wheelers, one city, on purpose.

The vehicle detects, so she doesn’t have to.