It is possible to go slower than the speed of light. It is possible to go faster than the speed of light. It is technically possible to jump from being slower than the speed of light to going faster than the speed of light. It is technically possible to instantaneously jump to traveling exactly the speed of light. But it's just completely impossible to accelerate to the speed of light, be it from going faster or slower.
Nutty.
Especially because the speed of light can change.