If F = ma, then how do objects going at a constant speed generate force?

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For example, a car hits a brick wall. But the car was traveling at constant speed. Zero acceleration.

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The car is no longer traveling at a constant speed. The car is accelerating from, say, 60mph to a dead stop. An object going at a constant speed experiences no net force.

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