• Question: Theoretically, if a car could travel faster than the speed of light, would it's headlights work?

    Asked by Gabriel B to Alison, Hannah, Jonny, MarthaNari, Paul on 19 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Paul Brack

      Paul Brack answered on 19 Jun 2015:

      Yes, I think so – the light from your headlights would always be in front of you, and so to you it would be just like driving a normal car, the light would stay in front of you.

    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 23 Jun 2015:

      Good question, if a car was travelling faster than the speed of light then the car would pass you before you saw any of the light from it. Therefore the headlights would be quite pointless

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