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double check on mechanics very quickly

in a situation where a car is towing the other car, if they accelerate, the tension in the bar is acting towards each other. if the system is decelerate then its thrust and the directions of thrust would act away from each other?

Reply 1

Prasiortle

Original post by Iconic_panda

Regardless of acceleration or deceleration, the tension acting on one car goes the opposite way to the tension acting on the other car, by Newton's 3rd Law.

Reply 2

Iconic_panda

but in simple terms, tension go like this (> <) but thrust go like (< >) in a car attached to the caravan situation right?

Original post by Prasiortle

Regardless of acceleration or deceleration, the tension acting on one car goes the opposite way to the tension acting on the other car, by Newton's 3rd Law.