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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1995-08-14  |  30.1 MB  |  512x276  |  30fps  |  4 minutes, 56 seconds
Transcription: Did you notice another effect when Ringo was accelerating? Whenever the car accelerated forward, Ringo was pushed back into his seat. Now Ringo applies the brakes. Must be down here somewhere. The car slows down and Ringo feels a force pushing him forward. In this braking or deceleration situation, the speedometer indicator moves to the left. i.e. its velocity is negative. So, the car has negative acceleration when it slows down. In general, forces are associated with acceleration. Did you notice that the acceleration is opposite to the direction of the force you feel? I fell so much! The car ...