Eli5: Why can you feel the forces of the car more as a passenger than the driver
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The biggest one is that you’re not holding onto the steering wheel. The wheel is a stabilizing point for you to hold onto that gives your arms and upper body something to brace with.
The other factor is psychological, because you’re in a position where you’re out of control. Any movement or change in inertia is no longer something you’re anticipating as the one in control of it. Instead you’re only able to react to it.
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