When a man is sitting in a bus he suddenly falls?

This is due to inertia of rest of upper part of the passengers body when the bus or train suddenly starts moving, the lower part of the passenger's body starts moving along with the bus or train while upper part of the body has a tendency to remain in the state of rest due to inertia of rest and hence falls backward.



People Also Ask

This is due to inertia of rest of upper part of the passengers body when the bus or train suddenly starts moving, the lower part of the passenger's body starts moving along with the bus or train while upper part of the body has a tendency to remain in the state of rest due to inertia of rest and hence falls backward.

MORE DETAILS

When a person alights from the bus, his body would try to continue moving in the direction the bus was moving due to inertia. But as soon as both the feet touches the ground, the lower part of the body comes to rest while the upper part gets carried away under the effect of inertia resulting into his forward fall.

MORE DETAILS

The man jumping out from a moving bus possesses the inertia of motion. As the man lands on the gorund, feet come to rest immediately while the upper part of body continue to move due to inertia of motion and hence the person may fall forward.

MORE DETAILS

If I jump up in a moving bus will I land on the same spot where? If the bus is traveling at constant speed, yes. You're moving with the same speed as the bus, and you'll keep moving with this speed while you're jumping. If the bus is accelerating while you jump, you will land in a slightly different spot.

MORE DETAILS

When a bus stops suddenly, its passengers tend to fall forward because due to their inertia the passengers tend to remain in a state of motion even though the bus has come to rest.

MORE DETAILS

Because the lower part of the body comes to rest with the bus while the upper part tends to continue its motion due to inertia.

MORE DETAILS

9 Things Not to Do on a Bus
  • Avoid eating foods that are particularly smelly as it will cause the entire bus to smell.
  • Keep the volume down on your headphones so you don't disturb other passengers.
  • Don't put your feet on the chair of the person in front of you.
  • Keep your items confined to your one seat.


MORE DETAILS