2006-11-30 14:54:17 · 11 answers · asked by It's just me... 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Probably not. You only see your car headlights because the light has something to reflect off of, such as the road or other cars. If you were traveling at the speed of light, you would soon leave the earth behind you, you would be in space, with nothing for the light to reflect off of.
2006-11-30 16:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you do not escape the world when you are traveling at the speed of light. The rules of the world remain the same wherever you are as long as you remain in an atmosphere in which you can survive, like a space capsule or spacesuit.
The difference is in the calculations. According to physics, you are inside the calculations as if you where a number or a rock. But real people do not survive in a physic's problem.
You will die on the way to a Galaxy, but you will not come back alive or be twenty years in the past.
2006-11-30 14:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the light wave would be directly in front of you if you started moving at the speed of light after you turned on the light.
If you were already moving, you wouldn't see the light ahead of you, you would only see it by looking directly at the light wave in the headlight.
2006-12-01 21:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Sheed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consulted my physics textbook and, contrary to all the other answers, I believe that you would. It says that the speed of light is the same in all inertial reference frames. This means that if you were traveling near the speed of light and you turned on a flashlight, you would see the light beam traveling at 300,000,000 m/s (672,000,000 mph). Whats more, somebody standing still would see the same beam of light traveling at 300,000,000 m/s.
I say near the speed of light because if you were traveling at the speed of light, time would stop for you.
2006-11-30 15:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is either for physics class or you ripped off the material of Stephen Wright. If the former, then I have no idea. If the latter, then try being original. Or at the very least, give credit where credit is due.
2006-11-30 17:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and the guy ahead of you wouldn't see your headlights in his rearview mirror either. However, you would probably want to be more concerned about the fact that your mass is infinite.
2006-11-30 14:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That, sweetie, is such a great question. Wish I had thought of it. More than that, I wish I knew the answer.
2006-11-30 14:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not considering ur going at the speed of ligt
2006-12-04 10:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anne W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'd smash into a tree before you would find out!
2006-11-30 15:04:23 · answer #9 · answered by muerte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont use my hdlights ! i live mostly in the dark.
2006-11-30 15:06:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋