Eli5 Why do cars move at all when in drive without the accelerator being used. I’m not talking cruise control.

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Eli5 Why do cars move at all when in drive without the accelerator being used. I’m not talking cruise control.

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Think of it like skydiving if you skydive without a parachute you’re gonna go really fast and then you hit the ground and you stop and newtons laws say that objects in motion stays in motion you know unless something else messes with that ground messes with it but your body tries to stay in motion so it just splats but with a parachute you slowly go down where you can safely land

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