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Radar guns calculate vehicle speed via the Doppler effect

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That ticket you got wasn't magic, it was basic wave physics. A police radar gun bounces a radio wave off your moving car; as you drive toward the gun, the reflected wave is slightly compressed, changing its frequency. The device simply measures that tiny frequency shift to mathematically expose exactly how reckless you are.

Radar guns calculate vehicle speed via the Doppler effect
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