Eli5 Why is force equal to mass multiplied by acceleration and not speed ?

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If a car moves consistently at 80 kmh and it weighs at 600kg, is it not generating any force? since you know, a=0, am I stupid or is Newton ?

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‘It’s”, not generating force. Force is being applied to over come the inertia and resistance, in order that it moves. Whilst moving it has momentum.
…if it crashes into a wall, a portion of that amassed energy will become force, sound, heat, light in order to overcome the mass of the wall, it’s inertia, resistance.
…it’s all about the state of the energy at anyone point in time.

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