If you are riding on a bus and the bus stops abruptly, you feel a tendency to go forward. There is a force that occurs at that moment pushing you forward.

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The sensation of being pushed forward is due to your body's inertia; it wants to keep moving at the same speed the bus was going before it stopped abruptly. There is no actual force pushing you forward; it's the lack of force to keep you in place that you're experiencing.

If You Are Riding on a Bus and the Bus