If a bird was in the back of a heavy goods vehicle doing 60 mph would the bird be flying at same speed?

Question

If a bird was in the back of a heavy goods vehicle doing 60 mph would the bird be flying at same speed?

Answer 1

not necessarily it may be just flexin standing up in the back

Answer 2

if you are on the equater of the earth, are you walking about 1,000 mph?? the equater is about 24,000 end to end, and the earth turns once every 24 hours....so....you are walking about 1,000 mph

Answer 3

No it will be going slighly slower.

Answer 4

Its all relative.  If you walk along inside a train travelling at 100mph. You will be travelling at 3 or 4 mph relative to your other passengers what ever diretion you walk.  But a cow by the railtrack will see you move either at 104mph relative to itself if you are walking to the front of the train, or 94mph if you walk towards the rear.  

The same thing happens to the bird even if it is flying rather than walking.

Answer 5

Not necessarily, because if the bird wasn't flying at the same speed the rear of the vehicle would knock the bird by force.

Answer 6

No, speed is relative to the immediate environment. For example, you are sitting in the back of a bus traveling at 60mph,  therefore you are traveling at 60mph, relative to the world outside the bus. Inside the bus, you are not moving.

Answer 7

If you are riding in the back seat of a car,   would you have to flap your wings to go 60 mph?     How about in an airplane?

Answer 8

He would have to fly around in circles to avoid hitting the wall as the air in the truck is stationary.