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Does your rubber tires protect us from ligtning inside of your car?
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∙ 9y ago
No, that is a myth. What actually protects you is the car itself. Sitting inside a car you are basically sitting in a Faraday cage. The lightning travels around the metal body of the car and then jumps to ground. As long as you are not touching the metal body of the car you are safe.
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Can The rubber soles of shoes or rubber tires on a car protect you from being struck by lighting?
does any one know this?
How do you protect yourself during thunderstorm?
stay out of water stay out of and open field go inside go in a car you can go in a car because the rubber from the tires will help you stay safe.
What is the difference between hard rubber tires and soft rubber tires?
The innate soft texture of the soft rubber tires differentiates the soft rubber tires from their closely-related hard rubber tires.
Are tires really made from trees?
Rubber comes from rubber trees, tires are made with rubber.
What kind of rubber are tires made of?
tires are made of latex rubber
When was Rubber Tires created?
Rubber Tires was created on 1927-02-07.
The rubber soles of shoes or rubber tires on a car will protect you from being struck by lighting?
Not really. Someone standing in a field with a metal rod will still get struck by lightning even if they are wearing rubber soles.
What type of rubber is used for car tires?
Car tires are made of latex rubber.
What carries the load of truck tires or air inside them?
The rubber carries the load, but only because the air pressure inside forces it to hold its shape.
Where are tires made?
Tires are made of rubber.
Did they ever make tires entirely from nylon?
No. Tires are made mostly from synthetic rubber. Nylon fiber belts are used inside some types of tires, but most belts are made of steel wire.
Did world war 1 planes have rubber tires?
yes most if not all had rubber tires
