Mayak app - instant help for car enthusiasts

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Cars are like people: sometimes something unexpectedly breaks down, although it would seem that there was no sign of trouble. For example, if you have a toothache, then you will make an appointment with the dentist to solve the problem as soon as possible. And who to call if your radiator is boiling on the Moscow Ring Road?

As, for example, now - the front right wheel has punctured. This, of course, is not a tooth, but it can deliver no less headache. As luck would have it, all the friends-drivers are each on their own business: two hours, a weekday. So who should you call when a disaster caught you right on the road and you will have to solve a sudden problem anyway?

“Eh, yours… - in the hearts breaks from the tongue. - And after all, in an hour and a half I will make a presentation …"

Seems like a pretty mundane situation, doesn't it? So who should you call? Leaving the car, as they say, is not an option. Especially because of a punctured tire.

There is still a solution. Previously, for all seven troubles, whatever happened, the answer was a tow truck, which only partially saved the situation: I phoned, you sit, you sadly wait. And this is just the beginning of the adventure. In the meantime, someone's exam is underway, or an airplane flies off into the warm regions, or a relative with a suitcase of gifts is trying to squeeze into a station taxi. Today you can finally forget about it.

From now on you have Mayak - the world's first service for instant roadside assistance to drivers. The word "help" in this case means not only the transportation of a faulty vehicle. The application was created primarily so that you can continue your journey as soon as possible.

So, you don't have to call a tow truck because of a punctured wheel or a radiator boiling along the way. You can throw a cry for help almost instantly (which is often the main thing for us) through a simple and understandable application even for your mother, which is available in versions for iOS and Android.

We will not waste a single precious second: we install the application on our device and go through a simple and short registration procedure. This can be done in another convenient way: there is automatic registration using Facebook, VKontakte or the same Twitter (usually I do this myself).

After confirming registration by entering a phone number, which takes a few seconds, you can immediately get down to business. We see a mark on the map in the application - this is the place of the alleged car malfunction.

By the way, Mayak is ready to rush to help someone in need immediately. The much-needed operational efficiency of the application is achieved due to the largest database of executors in Russia. They will come to solve almost any problem: change a wheel, fill an empty tank or fix the ignition. The application menu offers several options to choose from: field tire fitting, wheel disassembly, battery recharging.

In addition, a request for assistance can be made more "personal", which will also ultimately save the repair team (and therefore you) a lot of valuable time. To do this, by choosing one of the options offered by the service, leave a comment on the application. You can write it yourself, as well as use a convenient hashtag system ("Traffic accident", "Frontal impact", "The car will not start", "Breakdown"), which these days is understandable to everyone who is used to using social networks. For example:

Of course, the developer has not forgotten about the "Tow truck" function. Anyone may need this option, because there are often cases when the car seems to stop driving. For example, if there is a breakdown of the gasoline pump - it doesn't matter whether it's a new car or an old one.

After you have entered the minimum required data (the address of the incident, the make of your car and the nature of the request), all that remains is to find an executor - someone who is ready to help you continue your journey as soon as possible. The Savior in our case is always determined on the basis of two simple parameters: the cost of repair and the distance. It is up to you to decide what is more important: the safety of your wallet or the time that you simply cannot lose.

Note that Mayak does an excellent job with its main task - a quick search for a solution to the problem with your car. Imagine how much time and nerves you can spend poking your fingers at inferior versions of sites and search engines on your mobile until you find (or still not?) What you need. Well, if you got through to the phone number you are interested in, they answered something on the other end of the line. Now what? Unclear.

The Mayak app will not keep you in the dark: after confirming the application, right on the screen of your device, you will see how help is coming. This has never happened before. We check, just in case, all the parameters and press the help button. The countdown starts at three minutes - during this short period of time, the program will evaluate the data and select the top three candidates for you to perform the necessary repairs. You do not need any additional equipment for this, since the masters carry everything with them. And all this is around the clock and on any day of the week, which is also important.

We throw a "beacon" for help: "Battery recharging is required." We set "By distance" as the critical parameter for the search - we would like it to be faster. We check the details of the order and press the button "Call for help".

We are waiting for the three minutes established by the service regulations, during which we will be offered three performers to choose from.

Of course, it may be that there will not be any brigades ready to help you, for example, on a long-distance highway. In this case, the service will inform you about this and offer to increase the search radius for performers.

However, we were lucky. After the specified time has elapsed, a new notification appears on the mobile screen - the order status has changed. Sergey Nikolaevich is ready to come to my aid in a Hyundai car. Judging by the data calculated by the application, Sergei is not far from me by Moscow standards - almost 14 kilometers away.

At this stage, the screen displays the price that the contractor asks for his services. Later, after the order is finally confirmed, and I receive the phone number of the driver who undertook to help me out, I can find out how quickly help will arrive.

Payment is made upon completion of work and elimination of faults, no money will be required from you for going ahead.

By the way, today my friend needed help: a box in a car that had run off for only a little over half a year suddenly stopped working right on Leningradka, along which he was getting to Sheremetyevo to meet a friend. I didn't want to leave the car, but time was running out: another hour and a half, and the plane should land in Moscow.

And he was rescued by an application at Mayak: within 30 minutes, the loader arrived at the site and took my friend's broken "swallow" to a car service.

By the way, he was lucky enough to get to the airport by bus and without delay.

To summarize, let's say: the service is really very necessary, and most importantly, fast and understandable. It will not be difficult for anyone to deal with the two main buttons, so the application will be equally useful and convenient for everyone and everyone who drives a car.

Not a nail for you, not a rod on the way! And if, nevertheless, the trouble happened, do not rush to get upset and panic - just type the address in the Mayak service and wait for help. She will definitely come, we checked.

P. S. By the way, Mayak rescuers come to the crash site not only with their tools and invaluable experience behind them. To cheer up their clients a little, they usually take small gifts and surprises with them.