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Newtons laws of motion claim that "An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by another force, while an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by another force" (paraphrasing).

In a car, your body is moving forward a nice 60 miles an hour (let's say). When the car rapidly slows down, your body is still moving at 60 miles an hour, while the car is going progressively slower than 60 miles an hour. Because your body is moving faster than the car, you tend to move toward the front of the car. Your seatbelt is what stops this motion (your seatbelt is the "other force").

This is another reason seatbelts are so important.

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