Eli5: How come flies don’t smash into the back window inside a moving vehicle while they’re flying around? Surely they don’t fly “with” the vehicle.

Question

Eli5: How come flies don’t smash into the back window inside a moving vehicle while they’re flying around? Surely they don’t fly “with” the vehicle.

In: Physics

Answer 1

They fly with the air inside the car. Do you feel pushed against the back of the seat when the car is moving at steady speed?