2007-06-02 04:48:41 · 7 answers · asked by Michael A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
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2007-06-02 04:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can't go the speed of light by definition.
A better question would be "If you caould drive your car at 99.9999% of light and turned on your...?"
THe answer is that the light would go ahead of you at normal speed from YOUR perspective. To an outsider, your headlights would be going just a tiny bit ahead of the car and moving slowly ahead.
2007-06-02 06:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the important thing to realize is that speed/time/distance are all relative and they are all bound to human experience by which we describe the physical universe.
As we are approaching the speed of light(which is measured as distance/time relative to some reference), the notion of both distance and time as we experience is converging to a point of meaninglessness as far as we are concerned. If you look at it from physics perspective everything at that level happens instantaneously(time doesnt move) or the distances are all zero(universe has seized to exist, i mean universe as we experience it).
So for the person in the car, his car and his universe and his headlight everything is just a point or his car and his universe and his headlight are at same ground as far time is concerned.
For the earth bound observer the observation will have to be based on some tricks. There should be atleast two different pure lights one to observe car and one to observe the light. To him/her both of them will joined together and nothing infront of the headlight.
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2007-06-02 09:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by depth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing, you can't drive a car at the speed of light, Silly.
2007-06-02 04:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
then you would run parallel to light and would not be visible in front of you.
2007-06-02 04:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by Invisble 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow! i dunno, but that's an awsome question!
i would imagine you wouldn't be able to see it.(of corse i guess you wouldn't really see anythiing going that fast.lol.)
2007-06-02 04:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by BasketballBabeRW 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
On which highway ?
2007-06-02 04:56:12 · answer #7 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋