Question

Explain why a passenger standing on the floor moves backwards when a lorry starts moving

Answer 1

Answer:

A person standing in a moving bus falls backwards when bus suddenly starts moving in forward direction. This happens due to. ... This happens because when bus starts moving forward, lower part of the person begin to move with the bus whereas the upper part of the body tends to remain in rest due to inertia

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The reason why passengers move backward when a lorry is moving is that it is due to LAW OF INERTIA, which is Newton's first Law.

This law explains that a object in rest will continue to remain in rest unless and until some external force is applied on it, and an object in motion will continue to remain in motion unless and until some external force is applied on it.

Explanation:

Here, the Passengers are in rest and their body would try to maintain their state of rest, So, as soon as the lorry moves, the Passengers are drifted backward as their upper body will try to remain in rest but the lower body has already started been in motion as the lower body is in contact with Lorry. So, the passengers are drifted backwards.