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Pyramid power used to stop road accidents
Heraldsun.com.au ^ | July 13, 2010 | From correspondents in Mumbai

Posted on 07/15/2010 6:57:26 PM PDT by shibumi

THEY have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now the putative power of pyramids is to be harnessed by Indian police to cut road accidents. Traffic officers in Nagpur, 870km west of Mumbai, have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy can reduce crashes.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sahebrao Patil said the road safety initiative came about after a meeting with an expert in Vastu, an ancient Hindu system of construction which is similar to Chinese Feng Shui.

"He told me that he had placed a number of pyramids on roads outside the city and the results were excellent.The number of accidents reduced. He wanted to do it in the city, so I said, 'OK, no problem'," Mr Patil said.

"He's going to be installing them in 10 spots. They won't be on the road directly but at the corner of chowks (squares) or near traffic signals so they won't obstruct traffic."

Vastu expert Sushil Fatehpuria, who offered his services free of charge, said that each 30 centimetre tall pyramid will have a copper bottom and five smaller pyramids inside.

"I think the accidents are caused by negative energies. So we need to minimise or convert the negative energy into positive ones," he said.

"I will energise the pyramids. I will transfer my positive thoughts into the pyramids."

Mr Patil said his officers' own, more human, efforts to cut the number of road accidents would continue during the experiment.

"We will see in six months. If it gets positive results then that's excellent," he added.

A combination of an increase in drivers, many of them untrained, poor road planning and lax law enforcement have made India's roads the most dangerous in the world.

More than 114,000 people die each year, according to the World Bank.


TOPICS: Science; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; india; pyramid; traffic
I think the World Bank's estimate of how many people die each year might be a tad low.
1 posted on 07/15/2010 6:57:29 PM PDT by shibumi
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To: shibumi
Let's put some of that "Pyramid Power" to work on FR - Bump the FReepathon!
2 posted on 07/15/2010 6:59:37 PM PDT by shibumi ((Only for the humor impaired))
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To: shibumi
I think the World Banks estimate of Indian intelligence might be a tad high.
3 posted on 07/15/2010 7:00:18 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: shibumi

Does material matter? Can the pyramids be made of tin foil?


4 posted on 07/15/2010 7:01:23 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

5 posted on 07/15/2010 7:06:11 PM PDT by shibumi ((Only for the humor impaired))
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To: shibumi

6 posted on 07/15/2010 7:06:52 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I can feel some positive energy rising already!


7 posted on 07/15/2010 7:07:58 PM PDT by shibumi ((Only for the humor impaired))
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Does material matter? Can the pyramids be made of tin foil?

Absolutely! Cardboard and clear plastic are also popular. I remember reading ads for various sized pyramids in the UFO magazines I used to read as a credulous little kid. A razor blade'll be good for a year if you store it in one of those things.

TIME Magazine article from 1973 about Pyramid Power
8 posted on 07/15/2010 7:22:15 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: shibumi
Pyramids? Someone's in denial.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
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9 posted on 07/15/2010 7:22:44 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: shibumi

I can feel some positive energy rising already!

if the pyramids are bright red, perhaps people will notice them, consider them a warning, and slow down.........Karma


10 posted on 07/15/2010 7:29:43 PM PDT by terycarl (sstrations)
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To: shibumi

11 posted on 07/15/2010 8:13:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: shibumi

They are gonna need more than pyramids to manage those roads I’m afraid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUug9VIqh_g


12 posted on 07/15/2010 8:19:26 PM PDT by anglian
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To: shibumi

Pyramania - Alan Parsons Project

There are pyramids in my head

There’s one underneath my bead

And my lady’s getting cranky

Every possible location

Has a simple explanation

And it isn’t hanky-panky

I had read

Somewhere in a book, they improve all your food and your wine

It said, that everything you grow in your garden would taste pretty fine

Instead, all I ever get is a pain in the neck and a

Yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap

I’ve consulted all the sages

I could find in yellow pages

But there aren’t many of them

And the mayan panoramas

On my pyramid pajamas

Haven’t helped my little problem

I’d been told

Someone in the know can be sure that his luck is as

Good as gold, money in the bank and you don’t even pay for it

If you fold, a dollar bill in the shape of the pyramid that’s printed on the back

It’s no lie

You can keep the edge of a razor as sharp as an

Eagle’s eye, you can grow a hedge that is vertically straight over

Ten feet high, all you really need is a pyramid and just a little luck

I had read, somewhere in a book, they improve all your food and wine and

I’d been told, someone in the know can be sure of his good luck and

It’s no lie, all you need is a little bit of pyramidic help


13 posted on 07/15/2010 8:23:44 PM PDT by dfwgator
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They could just try a Yield sign.


14 posted on 07/15/2010 8:25:42 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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Which is shaped like the side ... of ... a ... PYRAMID!


15 posted on 07/15/2010 8:31:20 PM PDT by shibumi ((Only for the humor impaired))
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To: scott7278

“They could just try a Yield sign.”

Drive a big truck and try defensive driving and intimidation!!

pyramids are for mentally disordered sub humans!


16 posted on 07/15/2010 8:42:27 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: dfwgator
Pyramania
17 posted on 07/16/2010 10:34:23 AM PDT by Don W (I keep some folks' numbers in my 'phone just so I know NOT to answer when they call...)
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Thanks shibumi!
...have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now the putative power of pyramids is to be harnessed by Indian police to cut road accidents.
Wait a second... why not just make the *cars* pyramid-shaped?!?

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18 posted on 07/17/2010 7:08:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: shibumi; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ...
Tor Eckman? Did he get out?

Seinfeld ping! If you want on or off, stop using hot water.

"I'm an eggplant!! I'm an eggplant!!"

19 posted on 07/17/2010 7:14:26 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. ~Ayn Rand)
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To: Larry Lucido
Hahahahaha That's one of my favorite Seinfeld scenes.

KRAMER: No, no, he's out. He got out. See, the medical establishment, see, they tried to frame him. It's all politics. But he's a rebel.

JERRY: A rebel? No. Johnny Yuma was a rebel. Eckman is a nut. George, you want to take care of your tonsils, you do it in a hospital. With a doctor.

20 posted on 07/17/2010 9:11:02 AM PDT by Cagey
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