How Can Sound Waves Detect If Cars Exceed Speed Limits?

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I'm just curious on how can sound waves be used to detect if cars are over the speed limit? :)
 
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ngcg said:
I'm just curious on how can sound waves be used to detect if cars are over the speed limit? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect"
 
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