If a vehicle is traveling 90 mph and you jump out of it are you traveling 90mph when you hit the ground?

Question

If a vehicle is traveling 90 mph and you jump out of it are you traveling 90mph when you hit the ground?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

About 87.666 miles per hour after you jumped out.

Answer 3

yes becasue its the 3rd law or newton a abjest (you) will keep on going until friction hits it which is the groung so yeah you will hit the ground at 90 mph

Answer 4

No and please don't try doing this.  It is obvious you are not a trained stunt man.

As soon as you leave anything that is in motion (moving), the direction, weight and resistance of the mass (your body) begins to react to the forces it comes in contact with, wind and gravity.

You are now in a state of decay, slowing down because the power moving the vehicle you left from, is gone.  You have zero power.  You are a rock falling to earth.

The amount of wind resistance, versus gravity, on your body will determine where and at what speed it will go.  Depending on how high from the ground you were, think monster truck, you might reach some small acceleration over the wind resistance, but only for an instant before you impact the ground/gravel/concrete below the vehicle, unless it has ran on your body first, before impacting with the ground.

Short answer:  No, you are not moving at 90 MPH when you impact with the ground.

Answer 5

no, but the ground is traveling 90 mph under you.

Answer 6

There would be a slight decrease in speed, not enough to make a difference in real life.

Answer 7

No, the moment you left the vehicle you would encounter air resistance and that would begin to absorb your velocity.

It's fair to say that how much is difficult to calculate and in practical terms it wouldn't make much difference to the amount of damage you'd sustain when you hit the ground but the fact is there would be a difference in speed.

Friction isn't only encountered when you interact with a solid object such as the ground.....it applies to interaction with the atmosphere as well.