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About our Rat Running
Rat Running usually occurs when the driver wants to save time and for example take illegal shortcuts, such as driving through closed roads, driving in the wrong direction down a main road, driving through residential areas to avoid traffic jams or traffic restrictions. Driving through these residential areas endangers pedestrian safety and our children. Our solution has been designed and developed to record evidence and prevent such dangerous behaviour.
Use for trucks: Trucks are a major source of pollutant emissions, which may also cause breathing problems. Most trucks are not allowed to drive through cities, with certain exceptions: delivery, loading & unloading or maintenance. To ensure that these exception requirements are fulfilled, our solution can detect all trucks and check that trucks enter and leave the city via the same route and within a given period of time.
All other routes are marked as unauthorized. If the exceptions are not satisfied or accomplished, appropriate action can be taken by the local authorities.
Rat Running protects communities by keeping residential streets safe and free from dangerous shortcuts. Prevent illegal driving, reduce pollution, and safeguard pedestrians and children with precise monitoring and automated enforcement. Powerful, reliable, and proactive, this solution helps authorities maintain order, protect citizens, and create calmer, safer, and healthier streets.
Main Characteristics
Macq Rat Running identifies driving behaviour, not just isolated vehicle passages. By analysing routes, travel time, direction, vehicle class, and time windows, the system detects illegal shortcuts through residential streets, wrong-way driving, and misuse of restricted roads. This behavioural intelligence goes far beyond traditional camera-based enforcement.
2. Built to Protect Residential Areas and Vulnerable Road Users
The module is specifically designed to protect pedestrians, children, and local communities. By preventing cut-through traffic in residential zones, Rat Running reduces accident risks, noise, and stress—delivering calmer, safer, and more liveable neighbourhoods, not just compliance statistics.
For heavy goods vehicles, Rat Running ensures that legal exceptions are respected. Trucks allowed to enter cities for delivery, loading, or maintenance are automatically verified: they must enter and exit via the same route within a defined time period. Any deviation is flagged as unauthorized, ensuring fair enforcement without penalising legitimate activity.
4. From Insight to Enforceable Action
Fully integrated into the M³ platform, Rat Running transforms observations into validated violations. Authorities gain access to traffic flow statistics, violation rates, and clear evidence files that can be reviewed, approved, and converted into fines. This end-to-end workflow is what truly differentiates Macq from competitors offering detection without operational follow-through.
Key features
Vehicle Classification Enforcement
Generate infractions based on specific vehicle types.
Notifications
- Send web, email, or SMS alerts for detected violators.
Speed/Travel Time Monitoring
Detect violations when vehicles travel faster than allowed between two points.
Data Export
Export infractions manually or automatically to external servers.
