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The Indian government has
rolled out ingenious new “3D” zebra crossings – optical illusions that trick
drivers into slowing down at intersections.
RT
News report continues:
Images
and videos of the original traffic control began to appear online, quickly
garnering attention of the rest of the world.
It
all began with India’s Minister of Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari, tweeting a
picture of the optical illusion that showed a zebra crossing apparently popping
out of the flat surface of the road.
“We
are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary
requirements of speed breaker,” Gadkari said.
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The
idea originated with two women from Ahmedabad, in western India. Saumya Pandya
Thakkar and Shakuntala Pandya developed the 3D design that they hoped would
trick drivers into slowing down.
Similar experiments were
introduced in China in 2008, according to media reports.
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