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Passengers feel pushed outward when a car takes a sharp turn due to inertia, not because of an actual outward force. According to Newton's first law, objects in motion tend to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force. As the car turns, the passengers' bodies want to continue moving straight ahead. The car door or seatbelt then provides the centripetal force that pushes them inward, changing their direction along with the car. This inward force from the car is what causes the sensation of being "pushed outward," even though no real outward force exists—it's simply the body's resistance to the change in direction.