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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19504984

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[โ€“] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't know about blue but here is all the math to turn a red light green.... Don't think of doing it though while you could probably get out of a ticket for running a red light I don't even know what the fine is for driving many thousand times the speed limit is.

Edit: just realized I forgot to post the actual link.... https://sciencenotes.org/fast-go-make-red-light-look-green-relativistic-doppler-effect/#:~:text=If%20we%20take%20the%20speed%20of%20light%20to,to%20convert%20to%20km%2Fhr%2C%20you%20get%20197%2C640%2C000%20km%2Fhr.

[โ€“] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

To bad the traffic light is in the speed radar's reference frame, when your licence plate is on the photo I doubt the judge will care that your yellow car is clearly blue in the photo

[โ€“] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Actually I think that would then add a additional charge for registration fraud