Introduction

This page covers how to configure a Close Following Rule which includes a video demonstrating the process. Typically, this rule can be used to alert you if a vehicle is travelling too closely behind another.

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Configuration

To configure a Close Following Rule:

1. Select the carriageway and click on the Actions button:
   
   

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2. Select Rules:
   
   

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3. On the Configure Rules window select New:
   
   

    

4. Select Close Following from the drop down list:
   
   

    

5. Then click Create Rule:
   
   

    

6. The default rule settings can then be adjusted as desired. In the example below the Severity and Alarm Priority were changed:
   
   

    

7. On the Advanced tab the Classification filters were changed to select the carriageway vehicles:
   
   

    

8. On the Sections tab add the sections where you want to detect and enforce the close following rule - for example, a section which has a camera configured to capture the rule being broken, and then click Save:
   
   

    

9. The new rule is now displayed in the Configure Rules window:
   
   

Video

The following video demonstrates how to configure a Close Following Rule and what happens when the rule is broken:

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