2006-09-13 13:49:40 · 16 answers · asked by Suzie K 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
and, if I went 2 times the speed of light, could I look behind me and see myself coming ????
2006-09-13 14:03:50 · update #1
every time I've gone twice the speed of light I've looked back to see myself coming.
2006-09-13 14:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by scifuntubes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be impossible to turn on the headlights because your hand is already traveling at the speed of light and to move your hand it need to exceed the speed of light and to do that you need infinitive energy.
2006-09-13 16:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Willem V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming this would be possible, you would see the light go away from you at the speed of light, and an outside observer would also see the light go at the speed of light. This is the basis of Einstein's special theory of relativity. It sounds redundant, but light cannot go faster than the speed of light... Light goes the same speed for all observers, regardless of their frame of reference.
2006-09-13 13:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by cushdogjr 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You would see the beams just as you normally would but since they only extended a few car length in front of the car you wouldn't have time to react if you saw an obstacle in the beams. If you were coming towards someone they wouldn't see the lights until you reached them.
2006-09-13 17:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Dan C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lights would be on, but nothing would illuminate in front of the car since the light and the car would now be at the same speed.
2006-09-13 13:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Wait a Minute 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You wouldn't have headlights because in order to go the speed of light you would have to be pure energy and no mass.
2006-09-13 13:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You wouldn't be able to turn on your lights by the time you reach half the speed of light your body would be smashed to goo from the force.
2006-09-13 13:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by ldp88 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You'll never be able to turn your headlights for there would never be a car (with a headlight at that) travelling at that speed.
2006-09-13 13:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by Liwayway 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were going at the speed of light, scientists believe that you would warp to another dimension, so it wouldn't matter anyways. By the time you turned on your lights you would've gone, like, around the world 80 times already.
2006-09-13 13:57:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you were going that fast why would you want to turn on your lights on and attract the attention of a traffic cop.
2006-09-13 18:43:53 · answer #10 · answered by luther 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋