Clown Car doesn't always knock people over

[Bologna Prime]

I think this has to do with the game knocking you down if the car bumps you and not if you bump it. The problem I see here is if making it so that bumping the car knocks you down you'll be getting knocked down regardless of the car's direction. There is the possibility that I'm dumb and there's a way to have the game check the car's direction before determining if you'll get knocked down.