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It is dangerous to alight from a moving bus.

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In a moving bus our body is in motion. On alighting from a moving bus, our feet touches the ground and come to rest. While the upper part of the body stays in motion due to inertia of motion. We fall down in forward directing causing injury to our body. So, it is dangerous to alight from a moving bus.
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