Why does the Doppler shift vanish when source and detector move at the same speed?

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hi what will happen to the sign on doppler's general equation when both source and dectector are moving in the same direction at the same speed.? I didnt find this on my books.? Does anyone knows?

dopler equation

F' = f (V +/- Vd)
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(V +/- Vs)


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Does anybody know about this?
 
if both source and dectector are moving in the same direction at the same speed, is there a relative speed between them?

then, does it matter what the sign is?
 
yeah both of them are at same direction at same speed 160 km
 
There won't be any doppler effect when both the observer and source is moving at the same rate of speed.