2006-09-12 03:35:55 · 23 answers · asked by photobackflip 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
i know it wouldn't matter, its just a way of phraseing a question. duh
2006-09-12 03:42:43 · update #1
About the only thing I've heard of that might be travelling in excess of c is a Tachyon, and that is proposed to have an imaginary mass (as in mathematical imaginary numbers), and to be travelling backwards in time.
The closest hypothetical answer to your question would then be that your lights would be working, but in reverse; that is, the light would be coming from your future and returning to their source; you headlights!
Probably not very effective *lol*
2006-09-16 13:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by Dan C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ravi_iyer is sorta right. The theory of relativity states that the speed of light is absolute no matter what reference plane you are on. Whether you move in the same direction as the light or opposite, the speed will always be c.
However, that's based on relativity which states you cannot travel faster than the speed of the light. So in actuality, there's no answer to this question.
2006-09-12 06:51:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't be answered. If your in a car that was moving faster than the speed of light then the light coming from the headlights are still infront relative to you. But current theory suggests that at the speed of light time is irrelevant and the light around you is constant, in front and behind.
2006-09-12 03:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by M.B. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming the headlights were travelling with you, then of course they'd work, as the relative speed between you and the lights is zero. Therefore the light travels from its source to you at the speed of light.
If the lights were stationary and you were travelling away from them at the speed of light then you wouldn't see them as the light never reaches you.
2006-09-12 03:48:42 · answer #4 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but they would need to be VERY bright,remember the headlights are travelling at the speed of light too
2006-09-12 03:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question does not paintings the way you stated it as no merchandise with mass can circulate quicker than the value of sunshine. For grins anticipate which you have been going a splash slower than the value of sunshine - say sixty 9.99999 in a 70mph zone. Then the respond on your question may be that your headlight beam nevertheless is illuminating the line forward.
2016-10-14 22:16:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ...... because they would first have to be converted to energy to approach the speed of light, therefore they would no longer exist as headlights as per E=mc^2, in other words they would have to convert all their mass to energy before they even begin to approach the speed of light. This is the fundamental reasoning behind why nothing can go beyond the speed of light.
"mass is just bottled energy" Albert Einstein
2006-09-12 04:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by treb67 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't care 4 headlights... if u can do so, then u'll get a Nobel Prize first, bcoz none can hv travelled with speed >= 3x10^8 m/s
yet.
But jokes apart, ur car then'll get out of universe with escape velocity.
2006-09-12 04:16:43 · answer #8 · answered by Innocence Redefined 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because the speed of light is relative to the speed of the vehicle that emits the light source. I wouldn't advise you to try it though, you will probably get a speeding ticket from some unenlightened speed cop !!!
2006-09-12 03:50:43 · answer #9 · answered by Taliesin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, as the headlights too would be travelling at the speed you are going at and projecting the light ahead of you at the speed of light.
2006-09-12 03:41:46 · answer #10 · answered by badgerbeetle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋