The article is devoted to development of a decision-making algorithm for transportation of goods by road based on the method of online remote assessment of the state of the cargo and the transportation process without human intervention. The development of the algorithm is based on the use of transport telematics and experimental study, the objective of which was to reveal capacity of navigation devices to fix accelerations that occur during vehicle movement. The developed methodology allows to automatically make decisions aimed at saving resources. The article describes the steps of operational remote assessment of the state of the cargo, as well as the decision-making algorithm based on the information received. A scheme of information interaction of the cargo transportation process participants is described, in which an analytical center is designated, the task of which is to calculate the force acting on the cargo and compare the calculated force with the strength characteristics of the material from which the cargo is made. The situational task of delivering goods to several points is described. To visualize the situational task, a cargo delivery route was constructed to compare planned indicators with actual ones, adjusted using the analytical center. This article describes the prospects for the use of tools of transport telematics, consisting in increasing the effectiveness of cargo safety control during transportation.