Why whenever you drop something out of a car, it falls behind you but when you drop something inside a car, it falls straight down?

Question

Why whenever you drop something out of a car, it falls behind you but when you drop something inside a car, it falls straight down?

In: Physics

Answer 1

You know how when you go fast in a car, you’re moving relative to the air, so it feels windy?

The wind is strong enough to push the ball or paper or whatever backwards so it stays behind, while the lack of wind in the car means the ball or whatever will follow its natural path, at the same speed as the car.