Question

When you are driving a car and make a sudden turn, you get pushed to the other side. This is due to:

• A. the centrifugal force acting on you
• B. the centripetal force acting on you
• C. the gravitational force acting on you
• D. none of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A the centrifugal force acting on you

When you make a sudden turn while driving a car, you describe a circular path, and so a centripetal force acts on the car to help with the turn, but this also produces an acceleration and hence, centrifugal force, which acts in the outward direction of the circle described. This is what pushes you to the other side.