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When a car is slowing down, it has a negative acceleration. Although it is not going a negative speed, it is decreasing in velocity, which is the definition of a negative acceleration.
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The car's acceleration is negative if ...
-- it's going slower and slower in the direction that you call 'positive',
OR . . .
-- it's going faster and faster in the direction opposite
to what you call 'positive',
OR . . .
-- it's driving around in a circle AND you call the direction
OUT from the center of the circle the 'positive' direction.