When the buck stopped nowhere, a resident of Wagholi village in Nalasopara decided to take matters into his own hands, literally - Sameer Vartak, a social worker, is spending from his own pocket to paint the highlighter strips on eight speed breakers on the 4-km stretch between Nirmal village (Wagholi) and Kalamb beach. Reason: to curb road accidents and save lives. "There is a huge flow of vehicles on this stretch having eight speed breakers. I have just begun the work; I plan to paint one every night," said Vartak, a former zilla parishad member who had painted the first one on Wednesday night.