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The video purports to show a device that displays the faces of traffic violators for everyone to see.
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India Today Fact Check
This was a concept video created by a CGI artist in Chennai in May 2022. It does not show a real device.
The Greater Chennai Traffic Police on June 19 announced plans to install thirty speed radar guns across the city to detect speed violations. Now a video going viral on the internet purportedly shows a screen attached to a traffic signal in Chennai that displays the faces of those violating traffic rules.
A Twitter user sharing the video wrote, “If you break the traffic rule in Chennai your face will be projected with the fine. Great innovation. Ideas Delhi? There are many rogue drivers on the roads.” Another person on Twitter said, “Violation of traffic rules in Chennai is displayed publicly. Violators will feel ashamed to see their erring act. Should it be implemented in Bhubaneswar?” Archives of such posts can be found here, here, and here.
India Today’s investigation found that the video was created using CGI by a Chennai-based artist. It has also been on the internet since May 2022.
Our Probe
A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video led us to a Twitter user who shared the same video on June 11, 2023, and wrote, “Signal tracking in Chennai to avoid traffic rules violation This is a CGI concept video.” At the bottom of the clip, the Instagram account “Riggedindian” was mentioned.
We found “Riggedindian” on Instagram. The account featured several similar videos. For instance, a video from April 26, 2022, showed cable cars in Chennai. In the video’s description, the account mentioned that these were concept videos created using CGI.
We also found the viral clip on the account shared on May 20, 2022, with the caption, “Red signal tracker in Chennai, if this comes then we can have a great traffic system. This is a VFX video not real.”
We reached out to VFX artist Syed Abrar who runs the "Riggedindian" Instagram account. He confirmed to India Today that this video was not real and that he and his team made it with the 3D animation software Blender.
He said his friend Amir Khan had shot the video last year and that he was the one whose face appeared on the display board. The man on the street in the video was Abdul Razack. The video was shot at Marina Beach in Anna Salai, Chennai.
Thus, it is clear that a CGI video was falsely shared on social media.
(Written by Ashish Kumar)
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