There you are in space....traveling at the light...you turn your headlights on... do they work? Project light outward?
2007-07-23 14:30:04 · 10 answers · asked by Rodger M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A. You can;t go the speed of light
B. If you were going 99.99999% the speed of light, to YOU in the car they would appear to go out at the speed of light.
To an outside observer, the light would slowly advance ahead of your car.
The reason is time dilation. To any observer, light always goes the same speed. Since your time would be radically slowed down in the car, the light would appear to be going a normal speed for you.
2007-07-23 14:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Would it matter...
The light from the headlights would be travelling away from the car at the speed of light. No matter what velocity youre travelling at you will always see light as going the speed of light. If someone were outside of the car they would see the light as going the same speed that you do while youre in the car.
2007-07-23 14:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Light is relative, to a person stationary in space, it should appear normal, also to you, they would project light outward, since it would take infinite energy for anything other than photons to reach the speed of light, and if you did reach it you would become infinitely heavy and time should cease to exist.
That is my understanding on the issue, correct me if I am wrong.
2007-07-23 14:39:51 · answer #3 · answered by stephen r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no way for a car to travel at that speed but I believe the answer is yes the light would project forward .
2007-07-23 14:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 07:48:04 · answer #5 · answered by gilboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light travels at c to all observers. That is the point.
You observe the light emitted from your headlights travel at c.
Your friend on the side of the road observes the light travel at c.
Everyone observes the light to travel at c.
2007-07-23 14:38:28 · answer #6 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Believe that you would at least see the light the same distance in front of you that it is projected, so you would see it a few feet a head. If you were traveling that fast anyway however, you would not have time to interpret what you see, so i am not sure it would matter.
2007-07-23 14:34:17 · answer #7 · answered by paseksoccer 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you were in space, traveling at the speed of light, what would you *expect* to happen if you turned your headlamps on?
There's nothing there to illuminate....
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2007-07-23 14:35:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your all wrong<><<<
if you are traveling at the spped of light; light would be right beside you it cant go faster than its self
2007-07-24 10:07:04 · answer #9 · answered by robertcethridge 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No because it can't be done.
2007-07-26 13:39:36 · answer #10 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋