Thread: Problems? Ask Aunty Jimbo.

"Dark Matter" in Geneva writes:

Originally Posted by 32t

Dear Auntie Jimbo,

I have a quandary. I was out in the garage tonight working on my Opel and am wondering...

If I drive faster than the speed of light and turn my headlights on what will happen?

I'm, In the dark.

Whenever Aunty Jimbo has a physics problem that she cannot solve, she does what the physicists do: she calls it "dark matter" and leaves it up to smarter people than her to work out somewhere down the road.

However, in your case I suspect that the typical laws of headlight projection do not apply at speeds approaching the speed of light. Furthermore, if you drive an Opel you will have enough problems approaching the speed of walking, let alone the speed of light, so the point is moot.

Aunty Jimbo.