Question

When a motor car makes a sharp turn at high speed, we tend to get thrown to the one side of the car, why?

Answer 1

1. Inertia can be defined as the resistance offered by the body to the motion applied to the body.
2. Inertia of motion state that an object tends to move in the same direction even though an external balanced force is not acting on it.
3. When a car makes a sharp turn at high speed, it's our body that tries to resist the sudden change in motion.
4. As a result, our bodies get thrown to one side of a car.