Driving

I have been learning to drive on the road and noticed some things that are physics related. For example, when you keep your foot on the gas pedal, the car keeps accelerating. The harder you push on it, or the more force you apply to it, the faster it goes. In addition, there are three mirrors that you use: the rear-view mirror and the side-view mirrors. Each of them use reflection to help the driver be more aware of what’s behind them, but they are different types of mirrors. The rear-view mirror is a plane mirror while the side-view mirrors are convex mirrors to help the driver have a wider field of vision. The picture to the left is a picture I took while I was on a road trip. You can see the plane mirror in it. Last but not least, there is a bit of uniform circular motion when you drive because when you turn the car, you want to keep it at the same speed so that you can predict where the car will go. That’s pretty much it for the physics that I’ve realized so far while driving.