Why does a person fall forward while getting down from a moving bus or train?

A getting passenger getting down from a moving bus, falls in the direction of the motion of the bus. This is because his feet come to rest on touching the ground and the remaining body continues to move due to inertia of motion.



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If someone tries to get out of a moving bus then the momentum makes the person move forward. A person might fall in the forward direction due to moment of inertia when the speed is fast. This can be explained by the Newtons's law of inertia. The direction and speed of the person is the same as that of bus.

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One's feet instantly come to rest on the ground when one jumps from a moving bus, but the upper part of our body continues to go forward due to inertia of motion. As a result, when attempting to jump from a moving bus, one may fall down or briefly lose his equilibrium.

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One's feet instantly come to rest on the ground when one jumps from a moving bus, but the upper part of our body continues to go forward due to inertia of motion. As a result, when attempting to jump from a moving bus, one may fall down or briefly lose his equilibrium.

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When a moving bus breaks to a stop we fall in the forward direction due to inertia of motion and when the bus accelerates from rest, we fall in the backward direction due to inertia of rest.

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If the car is accelerating, however, it changes. If the car is gaining speed, then once the person jumps, it will lag behind the car because the car is still gaining speed while the person isn't. If the car is losing speed, once the person jumps it will get a lead over the car.

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But upper part of our body continues to move forward on account of inertia of motion. That is why we tend to fall in the forward direction.

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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.

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Stay in your seat and face forward: never stand on a moving bus. Keep noise level down and do not distract the driver (no yelling or shouting). Do not throw anything on the bus or out the window. Keep hands and feet to yourselves.

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You know you are riding on a bus as a passenger, and should make sure you can grab something to steady yourself as you try to find a seat. The driver is expected not to wait until passengers are all seated before starting up again!

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To get off on the left side, right foot first is like so:
  1. slide right foot to left (but behind left foot), apply weight.
  2. slide left foot to left.
  3. slide left forward, apply weight.
  4. bring left-foot forward (take the first step completely off train)


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