If we are seated inside a Bus at rest and the Bus suddenly starts, we tend to fall back. Why ?

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When a bus or a train starts suddenly, the passengers sitting inside tend to fall backwards. This is so because the lower part of his body starts moving with the bus or train but the upper part tries to remain at rest due to inertia of rest.

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