QUASARS EXCEED SPEED LIMIT !

A rash of speed violations has recently plagued the galaxy. Quasars have been caught zipping through intergalactic space at breakneck speeds well in excess of local speed limits.

They seem to get their kicks by setting off the radars of Einsteinian police speedtraps : They have often been clocked exceeding one thousand times the speed of light. The powerless officers of the local Einsteinian space-time police cannot keep up, their patrol cars cannot exceed 1,078,051,651 kilometers per hour. The officers are well aware that if they were to push their patrol cars beyond the speed of light, they would violate causality and thus potentially become their own grandfathers.

[ Inline Image of Radio Telescope ] With constantly improving radar gun technology, more and more quasars are observed exceeding this speed limit. The violations have become so frequent, that the hapless officers are beginning to look the other way or report the sightings as illusions, observational errors, or even claim to be seeing double! Rumors of corruption are surfacing about bribes, payoffs and kickbacks for not reporting these violations.

In their state of euphoria quasars have been ripping across the cosmos defying most of the laws of physics with impunity, completely ignoring the fundamental speed limit of any self respecting citizen of the cosmos.

Road Sign, Speed Limit 1,078,051,651 km/hour

It is not only a good idea - it is the LAW !

Paid for by PADQ. The local association of physicists against drunk quasars.

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