Recent content by Stussy

Thank you. But was this answer too difficult to conclude from the original question? Bearing in mind that my 30mph example is irrelevant, and in theory will work at any speed or acceleration. If the question is worded badly then I'll have to accept that my friend read it the wrong way from...

Based on my example: In front of me I see a conveyor belt traveling at 30mph in one direction and the car on the conveyor belt traveling away from my standpoint at 30mph in the other direction. The driver is sitting in his car looking at the speedo and it says 60mph, but looks out the window at...

Thanks for the answer. But now you're going to realize this wasn't the conclusion I came to :biggrin: If the car remains motionless relative to the surroundings (like your answer suggests) does it not then have an absolute speed of zero? And if the car has an absolute speed of zero then the...

I posed this question to a friend, and we both come to completely different conclusions. Not going too deeply into all the other external factors that might have an effect the scenario, can someone please give me a brief answer to what would happen. ---------------------------------------- A...