IF A CAR BRAKES HARD THE PASSENGERS ARE THROWN FORWARDS
Well if you think about it...the passengers are going forwards BEFORE the car brakes, so if the car decelerates rapidly, the passengers carry on while the car stops. Of course is seems as though the passengers are thrown forwards (inside the car), so they go forwards RELATIVE to the car. Unfortunately they also decelerate hard when they hit the dashboard....so let's hope they have their seat belts on!

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