# Why does a body not move as if it is in free fall when it is on the highest point on a Ferris wheel?

When the person is at the top of the ferris wheel $mg$ would be greater than $F_{Normal}$. Hence the person would be accelerating downwards. So why does the person move towards the center of the circle as if he was in freefall? Since Newtons second law is "If there is a force acting on the system, the system would move in the direction of the net force in a manner that $F_{net}=ma$" Similarly when he is at the bottom why does he not accelerate upwards since the normal force is > than mg.

If there is a force acting on the system, the system would move in the direction of the net force in a manner that $F_{net}=ma$
The body is going round in a circle and hence undergoing centripetal acceleration produced by the net force due to the two forces acting on the body of mass $m$, the weight of the body $mg$ and the normal reaction of the seat on the body $F_{\rm normal}$.
At the top assuming down is positive and using Newton's second law $mg -F_{\rm normal, top} =\dfrac{mv_{\rm top}^2}{R}$ where $v_{\rm top}$ is the speed of body at the top of the Ferris wheel and $R$ the radius of the Ferris wheel.
At the bottom with up as positive, $F_{\rm normal, bottom}-mg =\dfrac{mv_{\rm bottom}^2}{R}$