statement -1 For an observer looking out through the window of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to move in the opposite direction to the train, while the distant objects appear to be stationary.
statement -2 If the observer and the object are moving at velocities 
and 
respectively with reference to a laboratory frame, the velocity of the object with respect to the observer is 
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Statement-1 is based on visual experience.
Statement-2 is formula of relative velocity. But it does not explains statement-1. The correct explanation of statement-1 is due to visual perception of motion (due angular velocity). The object appears to be faster when its angular velocity is greater w.r.t. observer.
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