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To check rash driving, the government is considering putting up three-dimensional (3D) paintings on major highways and busy roads to create virtual speed breakers, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.
"We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers," Gadkari said in a tweet today.
The tweet has gone viral ever since the minister floated the idea to curb the menace of rash driving, which has claimed many lives in road mishaps.
India witnesses as high as 5 lakh road accidents in a year, in which 1.5 lakh people die and another 3 lakh are maimed.
We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers pic.twitter.com/M5r6zkO6uU
Sourav Ganguly poses with Sachin Tendulkar during the closing ceremony of the Indian Super League football tournament. Ganguly's team Atletico de Kolkata won the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match against Tendulkar's Kerala Blasters at The D.Y. Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on December 20, 2014. (credit:Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Sourav Ganguly (C) celebrates after Atletico de Kolkata won the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match against Kerala Blasters at The D.Y. Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on December 20, 2014. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sourav Ganguly (3rd R) hugs everyone after Kolkata's big win. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Earlier in the day, Sourav had posed with Sachin Tendulkar before the start of the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match between Kerala Blasters and Atletico de Kolkata. Tendulkar co-owns Kerala Blasters with entrepreneur Prasad V. Potluri. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Atletico de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters players tussle for the ball during the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sachin Tendulkar interacts with Kerala Blasters players after Atletico de Kolkata won the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match against his team. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Artists perform during a closing ceremony of Indian Super League football tournament after final football match. (credit:Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham during a closing ceremony of Indian Super League football tournament. (credit:Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Closing ceremony of Indian Super League final football match. (credit:Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Atletico de Kolkata team players celebrate after winning the Indian Super League (ISL) final football match against Kerala Blasters. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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