Originally sent by: Lee Boekhout
Your correct in that I overshot the corner due to the speed I was traveling. Again, I quote Webster's dictionary in it's entirety: "Inertia is a property of matter by which it remains at rest, or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force". The force of inertia, or centrifugal force, is pushing my cart outward, like swinging a weight on a string. The heavier the weight on the string, the more force it generates. The inability of the cart to overcome the outward push (greater force due to increased weight) caused the cart to slide outside the normal arc of the turn. That force is greater than a normal size person under the same circumstances. In short, the speed at which I was traveling with my oversize butt inside was greater than the friction of the wheels on the ground to affect the turn. Inertia is the tendency to keep moving, not the tendency to stop. Gravity, and drag, are the forces that slow or stop an object in motion. Overall, it's a matter of semantics. Lee.
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