New TechnologiesEinstein Showed That Time Is Relative. But … Why Is It? Posted on August 6, 2025 by Administrator So, you’re driving a car at half the speed of light. (Both hands on the wheel, please.) You turn on the headlights. How fast would you see this light traveling? What about a person standing by the road? Would they see the light beam moving at 1.5 times the speed of light? But that’s impossible, right? Nothing is faster than light.