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Topic: Would headlights work at light speed?
LonelyDad1975 Joined Mon 02/09/15 Posts: 79	Fri 02/27/15 01:34 PM
I know the answer, but do you? ;)

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Fri 02/27/15 01:36 PM
as long as your battery is not dead sure..lol..

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Fri 02/27/15 01:36 PM
Ohh.k.. your alternator I guess..lol

LonelyDad1975 Joined Mon 02/09/15 Posts: 79	Fri 02/27/15 01:58 PM
nothing with mass, can travel at light speed, so a car's headlight has no chance ;)

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Fri 02/27/15 02:01 PM
nothing with mass, can travel at light speed, so a car's headlight has no chance ;) nothing we know of, anyway... still a lot to learn

charles Joined Wed 07/26/06 Posts: 6827	Fri 02/27/15 02:05 PM
Assuming the car and its lights could travel that fast, the headlights would still work as their light would travel at light speed with respect to the car.

LonelyDad1975 Joined Mon 02/09/15 Posts: 79	Sat 02/28/15 01:13 AM
i like how Vsauce explains it :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUuFg9Y9dY

unknown_romeo Joined Wed 03/26/14 Posts: 7691	Sat 02/28/15 01:19 AM
If you were on a rollercoaster would your eyes be working?

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Sat 02/28/15 02:08 AM
If you were on a rollercoaster would your eyes be working? Depends if I was drunk enough on that rollercoaster also? Ha ha

funkyfranky Joined Tue 05/01/12 Posts: 5966	Sat 02/28/15 02:13 AM
Ask a rabbit, they're usually caught in the headlights

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Sat 02/28/15 01:58 PM
i like how Vsauce explains it :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUuFg9Y9dY I saw that video last week as I subscribe to that channel on YouTube!

LonelyDad1975 Joined Mon 02/09/15 Posts: 79	Sat 02/28/15 02:11 PM
i like how Vsauce explains it :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUuFg9Y9dY I saw that video last week as I subscribe to that channel on YouTube! yeah his videos are great, he younger than me, but sooooo much smarter ;)

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 03/09/15 08:42 PM
Actually, mass in normal space can't exceed the speed of light but mass in gravitationally distorted space can, and commonly does exceed the speed of light. This 'event' is what happens at the event horizon of a black hole. Normal space is falling into the gravity well faster than light can travel out. A headlight would not know the difference.

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Tue 03/10/15 02:50 PM
Hypothetically, I believe if One was able to travel along-side a beam on light the various wavelengths of the colour-spectrum would start to separate. For this reason I've often wondered if light can have a Doppler Effect. Is it possible what we think are Black Holes are really just the edge of a segment of light... Some-of-which has passed us already and some-of-which has yet to pass us? Relative Comparison... Dose not the bullet from a gun leave the barrel of a gun faster if fired forward from a forward moving vehicle? (Relative To The Grounds Surface) Likewise... Dose not the bullet from a gun leave the barrel of a gun slower if fired in the opposite direction of travel of the vehicle? (Relative To The Grounds Surface)

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 03/10/15 04:15 PM
Hypothetically, I believe if One was able to travel along-side a beam on light the various wavelengths of the colour-spectrum would start to separate. For this reason I've often wondered if light can have a Doppler Effect. Is it possible what we think are Black Holes are really just the edge of a segment of light... Some-of-which has passed us already and some-of-which has yet to pass us? Relative Comparison... Dose not the bullet from a gun leave the barrel of a gun faster if fired forward from a forward moving vehicle? (Relative To The Grounds Surface) Likewise... Dose not the bullet from a gun leave the barrel of a gun slower if fired in the opposite direction of travel of the vehicle? (Relative To The Grounds Surface) they say hat doesn't work with light, since their claim is nothing is faster than light...

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Tue 03/10/15 04:18 PM
And a controlled test is done, how?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 03/10/15 04:23 PM
And a controlled test is done, how? they turned the headlights on at light speed, duh...

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Tue 03/10/15 04:46 PM
So, ~186,000 miles per second X 2? ....... Or ........ Light Stands Still?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 03/10/15 05:43 PM
So, ~186,000 miles per second X 2? ....... Or ........ Light Stands Still? neither... speed of light is the speed of light, regardless... but i was wondering if absolute zero slows light down, like it does everything else...

SheikOfLaBroquerie Joined Thu 01/31/13 Posts: 1973	Tue 03/10/15 05:50 PM
And a controlled test will be done, how?