If a car was going the speed of light and they turned on their headlights what would happen?
2006-06-22 11:20:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I've heard this one before, there is no answer for we do not have the resources nor the expertise yet to answer such a perplexing problem. but i would imagine that the light from the headlights would travel 2x the speed of light and rip a hole in the time space continuum and cause a black hole.
2006-06-22 13:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by taiya002 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The headlights would turn on and the light would zoom away at "2x the speed of light"
2006-06-22 12:08:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps my recollection of relativity is wrong, but I recall that Einstein asked that question and ultimately decided that you can't travel at the speed of light so the question makes no sense. If you're traveling near the speed of light, your headlights would zoom away at the speed of light. But traveling at the speed of light is only possible for particles without mass, since you have mass, you can't go that fast.
2006-06-22 11:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by artistcouple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the the light would go on but the would be no light rays because the car is already moving at the speed that it takes light to move so the light never gets a chance to travel anywhere ....
2006-06-22 11:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by You're just .......... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Al, you are traveling at the same speed so the light would still be traveling at the speed of light away from you
2006-06-22 11:24:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing...it would still be going at that speed, but with their headlight on.
2006-06-22 11:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting question, well it will still travel on speed of light,nothing will happen to car's speed but car will become more bright.
well, there is no such car, which can attain speed of light.
2006-06-22 13:11:02 · answer #7 · answered by Zobi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing
You have done all you can to get the car going at C
2006-06-22 11:23:22 · answer #8 · answered by chairbinder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bright car with two headlights ... :)
seriously: we can't see any lights.
2006-06-22 14:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by moomoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, this hasn't been asked a bunch of times,,,, no, only 107 times so far,,,,,
2006-06-22 11:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋