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Victor Major wrote:
> 
> Benjami...@brown.edu wrote:
> >
> > <snipped actual contents of message>
> >
> > > ROFL,
> > > Biggo.
> > > --
> > > *** If your car could travel at the speed of light,
> > >     would the headlights still work?            ***
> >
> > well, you asked for it. of course your headlights would still
work. as a
> > matter of fact, if your car was travelling a mere 1 sec per
decade
> > slower than the speed of light and you switched on your
headlights you
> > would perceive the light from them rushing away from you at a
full 3 x
> > 10^8 meters/sec (the speed a light in a vacuum). however, if i
were
> > standing on the sidewalk watching you whiz past me at this
> > very-close-to-light speed i would see both you and your
headlights going
> > by at very close to the same speed (the light would be going
faster by 1
> > sec/decade). contact me for further explanation should you so
desire.
> 
> Why would that be? If the source of light is moving at very near
the
> speed of light, the light that is emmited can still only travel at
the
> speed of light. Therefore the light moving away from you would do
so at
> 1 s/decade (from your example). Now you say this is true for the
> observer outside the car. Why would the occupant of the car (now
very
> massive, distorted and burned to a crisp due to increasing
frequencies
> (energy) of radiation that hits him/her) perceive the light from
his
> headlights as if he/she is standing still or traveling at
> non-relativistic velocity.
> 
> You can answer by e-mail if you like as this doesn't really relate
to
> any of the newsgroups in the above list.
> 
> Thanks for any explanation,
> 
> Regards,
> 
>                         V.
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IMHO, anyone traveling at the speed of light has no need for
headlights.

What are you going to look at?  the expressions of a few briefly
startled pedestrians just before they become roadkill?  If there's
anything in your path that's of sufficient mass to warrant your
attention, headlight's will not be necessary!!

BTW, I don't think you'll need to worry about turn signals either :)
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