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04-26-2016, 06:51 PM
India plans to use 3D paintings as virtual speed-breakers to make its roads safer
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The Indian government may use 3D paintings as virtual speed-breakers on major highways and roads, in a bid to check speeding and rash driving, and ultimately make its deadly roads a little safer.
See also: Indian city installs green shades at traffic signals to help motorists keep cool during heat wave (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/nagpur-covers-traffic-signals/)
"We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers," India's transport minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted today
The optical illusions are supposed to encourage drivers to slow down automatically. Earlier this month, India had ordered (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Remove-all-speed-breakers-from-national-highways-orders-Union-road-transport-ministry/articleshow/51834592.cms) the removal of all speed breakers from highways, which are considered to be a safety hazard for high-speed vehicles Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/india-3d-paintings-speed-breakers/)
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The Indian government may use 3D paintings as virtual speed-breakers on major highways and roads, in a bid to check speeding and rash driving, and ultimately make its deadly roads a little safer.
See also: Indian city installs green shades at traffic signals to help motorists keep cool during heat wave (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/nagpur-covers-traffic-signals/)
"We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers," India's transport minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted today
The optical illusions are supposed to encourage drivers to slow down automatically. Earlier this month, India had ordered (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Remove-all-speed-breakers-from-national-highways-orders-Union-road-transport-ministry/articleshow/51834592.cms) the removal of all speed breakers from highways, which are considered to be a safety hazard for high-speed vehicles Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/india-3d-paintings-speed-breakers/)
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