After Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had in April said that the Government is considering putting up three-dimensional (3D) paintings on major highways and busy roads to create virtual speed breakers, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has painted one such three-dimensional (3D) painting speed breaker on Rajaji Marg. The virtual speed breaker looks like a real one from a distance to let the drivers slow down in time.
The NDMC has said that if the pilot project becomes successful, then it will be replicated in other areas under the corporation. Inputs of traffic will also be taken during the trial of the virtual speed breaker.
The 3D speed breaker has been put up by a team of NDMC and Delhi Street Art (DSA) to make the traffic movement smoother in the area under its jurisdiction. Similar exercises have been undertaken in Gujarat and other parts of the country.
Earlier in April, Gadkari had said in a tweet, “We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers.”
India witnesses as many as 5 lakh road accidents in a year, in which 1.5 lakh people die and another 3 lakh are maimed.