Question

Give scientific reason for the following:

 Passengers in a bus are pushed backward when it starts suddenly.

Answer 1

 This is due to the fact that the body of the passenger is in the state of rest as long as the bus is at rest. When the bus starts, his feet acquire the velocity of the bus and come to motion with the moving bus, while the upper portion of his body due to inertia of rest tends to remain in the state of rest, resulting in his tendency to fall backwards.