If you are driving a car with the speed of light, what would happen if you turn on the head lights?
Please donot say that you cannot drive at the speed of light or if you drive at the speed of light,you'll be converted in to energy because this can be possible in the coming centuries.
2007-09-13 22:15:32 · 5 answers · asked by Princess 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
hey that's a nice question
here's my answer:
nothing will change, it'll be just like when you switch on the lights on a normal car. only for the person who is looking from another place(frame of reference) it will look different. i cant say what will be different for the other person.
take it like this.... there is something called principle of relativity which says "there is no measurement which can tell whether you are in absolute motion or rest"
everything is relative, you can't just say you're moving, you can say you're moving with respect to your surroundings.
You can also say that you are at rest with respect to surroundings and the surroundings are moving backward at light speed. So you are still at rest, there will be no need for the light to glow in a different way. I hope I'm clear
2007-09-13 22:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh good........ It's time for a round of -these- questions âº
If you were traveling at the speed of light and turned on the headlights, you'd see the light from them travelling away from you at (you guessed it) the speed of light.
Doug
2007-09-14 05:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should use the search feature on Y!A and save yourself the 5 points. This question has been asked to death.
I alone have answered this question at least 3 times. Please look up http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqM7jjUAfryeVa8pSrv0vDjty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070727164154AAVYIR1&show=7#profile-info-46b17574ed2ed71301e1d76f03d53f13aa
which also includes the 2 other links to my other answers (at the bottom under "sources") so that you can see all my 3 answers to this same question.
Knock yourself out reading all that!
2007-09-14 05:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by ╡_¥ôò.Hóö_╟ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't answer a hypothetical question like this, since our understanding is that nothing can achieve this speed. You can't then put forth the very laws that govern this to solve the problem.
Also, this question is asked due to the fact that light travels at the same speed no matter what speed you are traveling. Since moving at very high speeds slows down time a tad.
Edit: Although the person below me sounds like he/she knows the answer, they are totally wrong. This question can not be answered.
2007-09-14 05:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by John L 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
So go into the future, see what happens and come back to tell us.
2007-09-14 05:21:28 · answer #5 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋