Why do we tend to get thrown to one side when a motorcar makes a sharp turn at high speed?

During a sharp turn at high speed, the tendency to get thrown to one side in a motorcar is due to centripetal force. Newton’s first law of motion states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force. In this case, the car’s abrupt change in direction requires centripetal force to keep it on the curved path. Passengers, however, retain their initial straight-line motion due to inertia, causing them to be thrown toward the outside of the turn. This phenomenon is commonly experienced as lateral “g-force” during sharp turns.