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question from squirrelmonkey
Mar. 15th, 2011 11:33 amSquirrelmonkey has LOTS of questions. This one is lasting longer than most. Any answers or comments for him?
Is it possible, either in practice or purely theoretically, to drive so fast that speed cameras can't catch you?
It partly depends on how speed cameras work, which we don't know. Do they bounce radar off the cars, or detect light coming from the cars, or what? If the car was travelling at lightspeed, would it outrun the detector beam? Or would it still be detected but impossible to photograph?
Geeky thoughts welcome. Anything with equations will be routed directly to the maths monkeys without passing through my brain.
Is it possible, either in practice or purely theoretically, to drive so fast that speed cameras can't catch you?
It partly depends on how speed cameras work, which we don't know. Do they bounce radar off the cars, or detect light coming from the cars, or what? If the car was travelling at lightspeed, would it outrun the detector beam? Or would it still be detected but impossible to photograph?
Geeky thoughts welcome. Anything with equations will be routed directly to the maths monkeys without passing through my brain.
