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Why does a pillion rider fall forward, when the driver of a two-wheeler suddenly applies the brakes?

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It is due to first law of Newotn law of Inertia it state that the tendancy of a body to continue in its state of motion unless some external unbalanced force applied on it. so the pillion rider falls forward when brakes are applied due to inertia of motion

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