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Why is it that when a driver makes a sharp left turn the passenger is pressed against the right side of the car?
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∙ 9y ago
It's a perfect example of centrifugal force, and of Newton's First Law of Motion.
As the car travels forward, all of the objects inside of it (including the driver and passengers) acquire a certain momentum; known as inertia. When the driver then acts to change the direction of the momentum (by suddenly turning left) the inertia of everyone and everything inside the car resists the change: they want to keep going forward.
The net result is that as the car turns left, everyone inside the car tries to got to the right, which is closest to the direction of the original force. The driver feels the change as well, but he or she knows what's coming, and has unconsciously braced for the turn. The passenger, however, may be surprised by either the timing or the quickness of the turn, and as a result notices the change more forcefully.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoBecause just like any mass in motion, your body wants to continue moving in a
straight line, and it takes a force to convince it to curve away from the straight
line. So either the inside of the car door, or your seat belt, or the person sitting
next to you in the car, has to exert a force on you to make you turn left. That
force on you feels just like you're doing the pushing, in the other direction.
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