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When a car is moving in reverse backing from a driveway the driver applies the brake in what direction is the car's acceleration?
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The car's acceleration is in forward direction.
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If an object has an accelerration of -3 mssquared describe i ts motion?
It is moving in a negative direction, such as backing out of a driveway or parking space.
Can a car have negative velocity and positive acceleration at the same time if traveling on a highway?
Yes.If the car is backing up, but slowing down, then its velocity is in the negative direction, and its acceleration is in the positive direction.
Backing into driveway hit car backing out of same driveway?
BOTH drivers are at fault for backing without caution. If the accident occurred in a driveway on private property, no ticket was probably issued. Turn it over to your insurance companies.
Who's at fault in backing accident out of driveway?
I would say probably the person backing out, as they should of looked for any oncoming cars before backing out. ---- The person backing out of the driveway who did not yield to oncoming traffic.
If you back out of a driveway and strike a moving car who is at fault?
The person backing out of the driveway.
Which of these is an example of deceleration negative acceleration?
Throwing something up in the air (gravity is then acting in the opposite direction) or anything following simple harmonic motion e.g. twanging a stretched rubber band (the elastic force is opposite to the motion of the vibration) or a person on a swing.
Backing into a driveway to turn around is known?
A turnabout
What can a homeowner do when their neighbor parks their car directly opposite your driveway making it difficult for them entering or backing out of their driveway?
nothing
Who is at fault when someone is backing out of a driveway and hits a car semi blocking that driveway?
The car that is moving is normally the one at fault. No matter how someone is positioned you should not drive into them (going forward or in reverse). It therefore seems to me that the car backing out of the driveway is at fault.
When backing out of a driveway with a parked car directly opposite the driveway on a two lane road who is responsible if the car that is backing up hits the parked car?
The car in motion is ALWAYS at fault when it hits a stationary vehicle.
Who is at fault when a car backing out of a driveway strikes a car going by too fast?
Generally, the one who was backing out of the driveway, because they are the one with duty to yield and also because they had the "last clear chance" to avoid the accident.
Reversing on a public road and hit a vehicle coming out of private driveway?
The backing vehicle appears to be at fault - they should have been looking behind them to see what was happening there and seen the car coming out of the driveway.The car coming out of the driveway would have had their attention in the other direction, looking for oncoming traffic.
