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¿Question #620?
kunnagh: Is it possible to travle towards a red light so fast that the doppler shift could make it look green and you'd have a cool excuse in court?

ocdspectrum: Now that would be so fast, a cop wouldn't even be able to catch you for speeding.
Fribian: Travle might be against the law since I'm not sure what it is.
Woelf: Sure, why not?
SimGuy: We do that all the time in New Mexico. It also explains why no one here stops at red lights. "What red light?"
Felimid: I think it only works if you're red-green colorblind.
ad79: Sheldon dressing up as the doppler effect was hilarious
Rayezilla: I'd need to look up the doppler effect to make sure i've got my colors straight. :p
Lord_Kristof: Highly unlikely.
kathleenryan: No, because they would know you were really speeding.
TehGImp666: If you were driving fast enough to do that, the charge for running the red light would be the least of your legal concerns.
DarrinWilliams: Yes, but you'd never get caught so you wouldn't need an excuse.
pwilz: I'm sure that the traffic court judges have heard that one before and don't find it very funny.
whac3: no
falloutfan: I think that if you were able to travel so fast as to experience a doppler shift, that you wouldn't be worried about petty things like traffic tickets.
mr. assist: its all about your lawyer
Golux: If it was... you'd have a hard time talking your way out of the ensuing speeding ticket.
Ryan L: Is it snowing?
kpetzing: Not in conventional vehicles.
DHEK: No, it's not possible.
POvidiusNaso: I think you'd have to make an excuse for something else.
Butterbane: but how do you prove it? And there's still the problem with the fact that the light on top is still the one that would be lit. Difficult to explain away.
familygaming: I'm not that smrt
dsmeyer: no
tomlynch: Maybe
MaksimSmelchak: Irrelevant question. Please ask more questions about gaming.
TKRKS: Lets think about that... no.
ansc1023: Yes!
heavymetalhamster: Not in my car.
bigbadsteve: i keep trying, but it hasnt worked yet
janiera: No
vampywife: i seriously doubt it
xlorp: From outside the prison walls I can just hear your dopplered screams that you didn't drop the soap on purpose.
Helenoftroy: Try that and tell us how that went over.
jasta6: not if you want to be alive to go to court..............................................
Chris Page: Good luck with that line of reasoning. You'll need it.
orodreth: You would get off the "running a red light" ticket, but then be charged with Driving Under the Influence.
MochaKimono: ...I don't think I want to try.
klellingson: Possible, but highly unlikely. You'd have to be travelling near the speed of light.
Dr.Octopus: If you reach the light speed, theory of relativity could exculpate you. Remember to reach light speed some milliseconds before passing the red light.
brainrob: Inane again
richdknows: no
_Kael_: You see it all the time being done by US-tourists in Amsterdam (fast travelling towards the red lights, I mean)
shizzane: No. But, hey, I'm not above court excuses. :D
Loquutus: Isn't doppler that weather radar thingie?
jellospike: The judge would say: "This is so RAD! Now go to hell!"
DaGen: yes
javelin98: Ummm... no. Please don't tell me you wasted your Pell Grant money on the kind of education that would make you think of that question.
GrandpaDave: I dunno...that'd be pretty fast
Cerebus: I think that death by the resulting radiation would moot the ticket.
cloudstalkerian: Well sure but by that time you already exceeded the spend limit enough that you probably have your licence taken away immediatly and if they charge for every 10 km or whatever above the speed limit i am sure running a red light would be cheaper.
Legend Dan: Yes, however if you could go that fast the radar would never have caught you.
Thedalek: No, because you would then be fined for each mile per hour you exceeded the speed limit, and you would singlehandedly pay off the national debt.
Culvan: If you could, they couldn't catch you. (Though they might need to scrape up the pieces)
mrbeankc: My wife already tried that one on me recently believe it or not when she got a speeding ticket
Lord_Prussian: I don't think that would fly
notquitekarpov: If I were, I suspect the camera would be missed me so irrelevent
puffinge: The doppler defense, eh?
CharlieWonka: Worth a try
Ravsitar: Sounds like something Green Lantern did in a comic once.
Randy Cox: I think so, however your argument would also incriminate you for wreckless driving (speeding).
Mike A: I'm colorblind. What do I care what color the lights are?
ThatFalafelGirl: nope. that's why there's an order, with red on top of green. for people who try to use that excuse.
LudesFactor: no
skrutsch: Good question. I dont' know.
snoozefest: no
AWildEep: o
Bearcat89: Non.
gnomehome: No
queequeg: sure
Wintergoblin: yes
Cromaa: Yes, I have done it
Karlsen: It would be cheaper to get a good lawyer
jpact: You better work on your excuse for exceeding the posted limit.
isolated: I knew a Physics professor that argued something similiar to that in court once...and won.
jimchris: It is possible, but turbulence might be a problem...
AlorielLelyn: You would have to be going near the speed of light.
dietevil: I wouldn't want to chance it
rochs77: Let them leave. I don't know why anyone
dakarp: Not in my car.
Grimwold: Even if you could travel that fast, and even if the physics supported it, it wouldn't stand up in court because you'd get done for speeding.
ejmowrer: Good luck finding a car that can pull that off... or enough roadway with a bright enough light at the end of it. Interesting theory, though.
Blackwind: no
m_r_tyler: No, but apparently it is possible to type so fast that you can't spell "travel".
jttm: Wasn't it blue?
darthcliff: Yes, but you would be breaking the speed limit anyway
Snooze_uk: no
P.O.G.G.: not bloody likely
djflippy: You would have to install a nitrous kit, but yeah, I'm pretty sure you could.
WasQ: please state the nature of the science emergency...
geberus: that would rock
chaddyboy_2000: Ok.
djlg: Theoretically, yes. But that's a damn fast car!
Eric Haas: The judge wouldn't buy it.
raolsson: No
louiseh: No.
Latria: Only if "travle" is a word in French.
BobDodgerBlue: No
Shakar: Try it and let me know.
CDRodeffer: If you can survive the acceleration, then yes.
tragicpoet: Yes, but it would be wasted on them.
ScottBecker: It may be possible, but its not a legally valid defense under Goo v. Spud, 944 Cal.3d 22991.
berserkley: Some of the imbeciles in my neighborhood seem to think so
Critical Mass: not in the car you drive
ValJor: I don't think you understand the Doppler effect that well...
Flyspeck23: No. And even *if* it is possible, it won't help you in court.
BeyondMonopoly: Maybe. I'll ask my Dad, if anyone would know, he would.
Spielfreak: no. (I thought doppler effect were for sound only)
HBGlover: I have no idea. Science, where are you?!
CortexBomb: With today's gas prices it might be possible, but you'd probably be better off just speeding normally and paying the speed fine instead
skelebone: Nope.. I think Cecil did a Straight Dope on this one years ago... but beyond that, one is responsible to the state of the light, not the appearance -- colorblind probably don't get off for not knowing what color the light is.