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A man is before the judge, after getting a ticket. He says "Judge, I'm
an Astrophysisist and I can explain my running that red light. As I was
approaching the intersection, I was drawing nearer the stoplight, so the
light from it was blue-shifted, since it seemed to be approaching me.
That effectively changed how I perceived the color of the red light, and
it appeared green."
The professor smiled smugly and the Judge nodded. "I see. Based on that
explanation, I'm dropping the charge of running the red light."
The professor started collecting his notes and prepared to leave the
courtroom.
"BUT," the judge continued, "also based on your explanation, I'm fining
you $1 million dollars for speeding. In order to blue-shift the red
light to green, you HAD to be doing at least 10,000 times the speed limit."
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