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Pete · 12-14-2022, 11:26 PM

You are traveling down an abandoned air strip in your 30 model A 2 door at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens?

johnneilson · 12-14-2022, 11:29 PM

You implode.

Y-Blockhead · 12-14-2022, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete

You are traveling down an abandoned air strip in your 30 model A 2 door at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens?

Depends on if the Sun is up or not.

TomInCologne · 12-15-2022, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete

You are traveling down an abandoned air strip in your 30 model A 2 door at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens?

...you have problems stopping your A with its tiny brakes due to the increased mass?

Brad in Germany · 12-15-2022, 03:25 AM

I have no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why we drive on parkways and park on driveways.....

Brad in Maryland

Oldbluoval · 12-15-2022, 05:44 AM

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I think you need more/better to ponder
But likely so do I as I’m posting!
No light comes on as you are same speed as light rays casting forward. Assuming the car hasn’t blown apart already
Oh time for my meds and nap….how about u?

CA Victoria · 12-15-2022, 06:50 AM

I think the clue is in the movie “Back to the Future”

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 12-15-2022, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Brad in Germany

I'm still trying to figure out why we drive on parkways and park on driveways.....

Brad in Maryland

.............

Stretch Cab · 12-15-2022, 08:08 AM

Wouldn't the lights come on but not cast outward?

McMimmcs · 12-15-2022, 08:43 AM

Worry not, there is help available for people with your kind of problems.

RDVAARK · 12-15-2022, 08:48 AM

6 Volt positive ground? 12 Volt, negative ground? Generator or alternator conversion?
Real bulbs or LED?

TomInCologne · 12-15-2022, 08:53 AM

Big difference between the Model T and the Model A there. The Model T was designed before the introduction of the Einsteinian physics. Therefore the Model T follows Newtons laws, whereas the Model A has to follow Einsteins laws. So, the Model T can accelerate faster than the speed of light...

TerryO · 12-15-2022, 09:02 AM

Wow, how did you get your "A" to run that fast???

How far did it take you to stop???

TOB

Elmo Rodge · 12-15-2022, 09:22 AM

The light would gather up in the buckets until they were full then spill over and burn your knees.
Wayno

Badpuppy · 12-15-2022, 09:30 AM

How long is that air strip?

Why was it abandoned?

zzlegend · 12-15-2022, 09:30 AM

Nothing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my headlights don't work.

1ton · 12-15-2022, 09:48 AM

You enjoy the moment until it's time to wake up.

Planojc · 12-15-2022, 09:55 AM

Nothing happens until you step out to check the fuse.

veggie · 12-15-2022, 12:41 PM

Ask the barn for help!

sinbad339 · 12-15-2022, 01:33 PM

You, as the driver in the car, see the lights come on, and illuminate things in front of you. An observer on the airstrip doesn't see the lights come on, or any illumination.

Joe K · 12-15-2022, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CA Victoria

I think the clue is in the movie “Back to the Future”

A take on a Stephen Wright routine.

Sort of like his "I named my dog 'Stay'."

Very droll very deadpan humor.

Very funny - in an intellectual sort of way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5e4wvAqhIw

Joe K

Synchro909 · 12-15-2022, 07:37 PM

Sunbad has it.

dansluck · 12-16-2022, 12:00 AM

You will get a flicker in your rear-view mirror as you pass your own light.
Dan

TomInCologne · 12-16-2022, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by sinbad339

You, as the driver in the car, see the lights come on, and illuminate things in front of you. An observer on the airstrip doesn't see the lights come on, or any illumination.

... and you have a look at your watch and it does not go tick-tack-tick...

DkFordor · 12-16-2022, 03:40 AM

According Einsteins theory of relativity the speed of light is constant in any inertial system. So the driver will see the light travel at the speed of light, so will any observer on the airstrip.

Is it something we can intuitively understand or relate to? No! But our experience may also be misleading us here - afterall, how many of us have traveled at anything resembling the speed of light?

Perhaps Elon Musk could try it out with his orbiting Tesla?

12-14-2022, 11:26 PM	#1
Pete BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wa. Posts: 5,423	??? You are traveling down an abandoned air strip in your 30 model A 2 door at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens?

12-14-2022, 11:29 PM	#2
johnneilson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: 34.22 N 118.36 W Posts: 1,067	Re: ??? You implode. __________________ As Carroll Smith wrote; All Failures are Human in Origin.

12-15-2022, 03:25 AM	#5
Brad in Germany Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Potomac, Maryland Posts: 918	Re: ??? I have no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why we drive on parkways and park on driveways..... Brad in Maryland

12-15-2022, 05:44 AM	#6
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,388	Re: ??? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I think you need more/better to ponder But likely so do I as I’m posting! No light comes on as you are same speed as light rays casting forward. Assuming the car hasn’t blown apart already Oh time for my meds and nap….how about u?

12-15-2022, 06:50 AM	#7
CA Victoria Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,123	Re: ??? I think the clue is in the movie “Back to the Future” __________________ Tim Downtown, Ca

12-15-2022, 08:08 AM	#9
Stretch Cab Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lexington, NC Posts: 697	Re: ??? Wouldn't the lights come on but not cast outward? __________________ Let us live so that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain

12-15-2022, 08:43 AM	#10
McMimmcs Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan Posts: 2,296	Re: ??? Worry not, there is help available for people with your kind of problems.

12-15-2022, 08:48 AM	#11
RDVAARK Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Brookfield Ct. Posts: 61	Re: ??? 6 Volt positive ground? 12 Volt, negative ground? Generator or alternator conversion? Real bulbs or LED?

12-15-2022, 08:53 AM	#12
TomInCologne Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Germany: Cologne and Witten Posts: 322	Re: ??? Big difference between the Model T and the Model A there. The Model T was designed before the introduction of the Einsteinian physics. Therefore the Model T follows Newtons laws, whereas the Model A has to follow Einsteins laws. So, the Model T can accelerate faster than the speed of light...

12-15-2022, 09:02 AM	#13
TerryO Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: N. GA Posts: 533	Re: ??? Wow, how did you get your "A" to run that fast??? How far did it take you to stop??? TOB

12-15-2022, 09:22 AM	#14
Elmo Rodge Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Salina, Utah Posts: 328	Re: ??? The light would gather up in the buckets until they were full then spill over and burn your knees. Wayno __________________ Life is not a spectator sport.

12-15-2022, 09:30 AM	#15
Badpuppy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Guthrie, OK Posts: 1,153	Re: ??? How long is that air strip? Why was it abandoned?

12-15-2022, 09:30 AM	#16
zzlegend Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reseda, Calif. Posts: 2,190	Re: ??? Nothing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my headlights don't work.

12-15-2022, 09:48 AM	#17
1ton Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: North Aurora,Il. Posts: 154	Re: ??? You enjoy the moment until it's time to wake up.

12-15-2022, 09:55 AM	#18
Planojc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 875	Re: ??? Nothing happens until you step out to check the fuse.

12-15-2022, 12:41 PM	#19
veggie Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Clinton Ct. Posts: 84	Re: ??? Ask the barn for help!

12-15-2022, 01:33 PM	#20
sinbad339 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Painesville, OH Posts: 22	Re: ??? You, as the driver in the car, see the lights come on, and illuminate things in front of you. An observer on the airstrip doesn't see the lights come on, or any illumination. __________________ "Our times are characterized by a perfection of means and a confusion of ends." - A. Einstein

12-15-2022, 07:37 PM	#22
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,564	Re: ??? Sunbad has it. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

12-16-2022, 12:00 AM	#23
dansluck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Nevada Posts: 220	Re: ??? You will get a flicker in your rear-view mirror as you pass your own light. Dan

12-16-2022, 03:40 AM	#25
DkFordor Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Denmark, Northern Europe Posts: 73	Re: ??? According Einsteins theory of relativity the speed of light is constant in any inertial system. So the driver will see the light travel at the speed of light, so will any observer on the airstrip. Is it something we can intuitively understand or relate to? No! But our experience may also be misleading us here - afterall, how many of us have traveled at anything resembling the speed of light? Perhaps Elon Musk could try it out with his orbiting Tesla?