Question

(a) What happens to the passengers travelling in a bus when the bus takes a sharp turn? Give reasons for your answer.
(b) Why are road accidents at high speeds very much worse than road accidents at low speeds?

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Answer 1

(a) When a bus turns a corner sharply, the passengers tend to fall sideways because of their tendency to continue moving in the straight line (inertia).

(b) It is a common observation that road accidents due to vehicles travelling at high speeds are much worse than those with vehicles at low speeds. This is because the momentum of vehicles running at greater speeds is very high and causes a lot of damage to the vehicles and injures the passengers during the collision.