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Grady Clay
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For the less shifty crowd:

Lets say your decal is emitting red at 650 nm and the speeder observes it as blue at 450 nm.

ëemittedëobserved)/(ëemitted) =~ v/c where ë = lambda


v =~ 0.308 c ignoring special relativestic effects

v =~ (0.308) * (3 x 10^8 m/sec) = 9.2 x 10^7 m/sec

v =~ 210,000,000 miles per hour closing speed. Doppler blueshift officer, the light wasn’t red.


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