Before You Crack Open Another Can--

[ozz]

A thought experiment along these lines. If you were travelling in a vehicle at light speed would you be able to see the headlight flash of the sprinter van trying to overtake?

Edited December 16, 2015 by ozz

[fry61]

This experiment was abandoned -- the Americans found out the lead vehicle was a VW diesel -- but only 'cause they hadn't thought of the ECU "fix" first.

[Bob Tucker]

LOL

Just got my letter from VW today.

In summary......my 1.6 needs a mechanical fix, (a flow straightener in front of the MAF), and a software fix.

VW will not guarantee that performance or fuel consumption will be unaffected.

 

I'm gonna wait until many other cars have been done & see what happens to them.

Shame, I love the Golf estate.... but I wont be buying any more VAG cars.

[Guest 2b cruising]

In future I can only see them being one of, if not the most honest companies as far as pollution and consumption figures are concerned.

They will have to get their customer base back.

[sj-bradley]

Light can easily be bent, look at how prisms work. But, to address the bending of light around a star or black hole, it is the space itself which is bent by the presence of the massive body and light just travels around this bend.

 

Kind of like Brooklands racetrack was ...

 

Simon.

[fry61]

That's not a bend ---that's refraction -- oh no it's not --- oh yes it is. ( just to keep answers on a festive bent )

[Landie71]

If it's refracted a few times then does it end up to the rear of where it started . . . . . . in other words - "It's behind you"

 

 

'tis the season after all

[Guest 2b cruising]

I thought behind some people was the source of the light.

Or am I talking light.

[fry61]

I thought behind some people was the source of the light.

Or am I talking light.

Only if there is a source of ignition as well.

[Guest 2b cruising]

BANG. I'm gone.

[Guest peter2b2002]

talking about lights, has any one else noticed that head lights on cars now seem to have more spread on dip than they use to have, the edges of the head lights don't seem to have the same cut off just a blur

peter2b

[fry61]

You're going too fast & the time/space continuum ? is bending the beam.

[Guest 2b cruising]

You have to buy high speed bulbs Peter.