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Re: Car acceleration

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:

Friction on the car will, by itself, never cause
a car that is stopped at a stop sign on a level road
to accelerate. Evidently something else besides the friction
MUST be involved here.

Herb,

Please tell me you aren't serious. If not friction, what?

John from Pomona
(where a lack of friction would leave all cars stopped at
level intersections spinning their wheels forever)