Thread: 383mph Speeding Ticket!?!

Quote: Originally Posted by dicknose But found that the headlights were still going at the speed of light away from you (and changed colour - even though they are the same colour leaving you, when they reflect off a slower/still object in front they get a doppler shift - thats the basis of radar speed detection) Physics WIN!

Courtesy of onlineconversion.com: 616 kilometer/hour = 382.764 654 42 mile/hour (mph)

I thought I broke the sound barrier on my blade this morning, but it was just wind!

Quote: Originally Posted by dicknose Most of the english speaking world still uses mph (most as in by population!) Are you counting Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the American South as speaking English? I think most Europeans speak more clearly understood English :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by dr256 - For getting obscure Guinness Book of Records reference. That takes 'Dedication' Thats Roy Castle,so my dad tells me

Quote: Originally Posted by Shinobi250 Every place in the world, other than the US, uses kilometers per hour. Are you sure about that?

1 mph = 5280 x 12 x 25.4 / 1000 exactly

Quote: Originally Posted by TheOne11 Hahahaha... I tried to reach the speed of light and turn my headlights on to race the high beam! But found that the headlights were still going at the speed of light away from you (and changed colour - even though they are the same colour leaving you, when they reflect off a slower/still object in front they get a doppler shift - thats the basis of radar speed detection)

I think a counter sue is at hand for this guy. I'm sure that a posting of the upheld ticket for 383mph on a road bike, all over the web and public would make mocurry of the judgement. Something is wrong with the camera and the judicial system.