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It is due to inertia

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.

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When you push a car what would make it stop?

The car will stop when you are no longer applying force to move it forward. Friction between the tires and the ground will gradually slow it down until it comes to a complete stop.


What would happen if a car had no friction?

It would not be able to move. The push of the engine driving the car forward depends on friction between the tyres and the road. If something else started it moving, the brakes couldn't work to stop it.


What is a type of friction that enables a car to move?

Friction between the tires and the road. Without that kind of friction, we'd never be able to start moving, and wouldn't be able to stop!


How does a pull back car work and what makes it move forward when pulled back?

A pull back car works by storing energy when it is pulled back and then releasing it to move forward. When the car is pulled back, a spring inside the car is compressed, storing potential energy. When the car is released, the spring expands, releasing the stored energy and propelling the car forward.


Why does a person slide backwards when a car accelerates forward?

The person has inertia, the resistence to change in motion, so if the car starts accelerating forward, the person's body wants to stay at the same velocity as before, thus it slides backwards relative to the car. If there were no friction or a back of the seat to stop the person, the person would literally not move while the car moves out from under him, thus seeming to move backwards in the car while in reality the car is moving forward under the person.

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When you get into a car accident what causes you to move forward with the car?

inertia


Why car will not move forward?

maybe not in gear


When you push a car what would make it stop?

The car will stop when you are no longer applying force to move it forward. Friction between the tires and the ground will gradually slow it down until it comes to a complete stop.


Which way can a toy car move?

forward and backwards


Why do you move forward when your car brakes suddenly?

Inertia


A 500kg truck moving at 30ms strikes a parked 300kg car they connect together and move forward what is the speed of the car and truck as they move forward connected together after the collision?

A Lot!


What would happen if a car had no friction?

It would not be able to move. The push of the engine driving the car forward depends on friction between the tyres and the road. If something else started it moving, the brakes couldn't work to stop it.


What is a type of friction that enables a car to move?

Friction between the tires and the road. Without that kind of friction, we'd never be able to start moving, and wouldn't be able to stop!


How does a pull back car work and what makes it move forward when pulled back?

A pull back car works by storing energy when it is pulled back and then releasing it to move forward. When the car is pulled back, a spring inside the car is compressed, storing potential energy. When the car is released, the spring expands, releasing the stored energy and propelling the car forward.


What makes toy car stop rolling on the floor?

The force of gavity on car exerts friction on the wheels and axle that eventually stop the car from exerting forward force.


Why does a person slide backwards when a car accelerates forward?

The person has inertia, the resistence to change in motion, so if the car starts accelerating forward, the person's body wants to stay at the same velocity as before, thus it slides backwards relative to the car. If there were no friction or a back of the seat to stop the person, the person would literally not move while the car moves out from under him, thus seeming to move backwards in the car while in reality the car is moving forward under the person.


If you were in a bumper car that stops when it hit another car would you continue to move forward Why or why not?

No, I would not continue to move forward if the bumper car stops upon hitting another car. The design of the bumper car is such that it comes to a halt upon impact, preventing any forward motion. Additionally, the laws of physics dictate that once the car stops, inertia would not carry it forward unless an external force acted upon it.