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Rat Run

Traffic/commute term tradies use for shortcuts via residential streets

Using small residential side streets during a commute, resembling the route a rat would take in a maze. Growing in use since the invention of Waze and other commuting apps.

Dave's commute had become awful due to the new development, so he decided to rat run, saving a few minutes off his drive.

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