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If lightening has struck your car how do you exit without getting electrocuted?
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∙ 14y ago
Be elsewhere. If it hits you, it is pure luck if you live or die. You might try lying absolutely flat on the ground, well away from trees etc. If it hits you then, it should pass through the absolute minimum of your body.
The classic victim seems to be someone dodging rain by getting under a tree, or a golfer who just has to finish the game. Waving a metal stick over your head while standing well away from anything else that might divert the strike, is a no-no. But it *is* a way of finishing the Golf game.
If you are in a car, stay inside, not touching any metal. Strikes then have a tendency to pass through the metal body of the car, jump past or through the tires, and safely into the ground. No, the tires won't keep the lightning from grounding itself. After traveling through miles of air, a few inches of tire rubber are like nothing.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agowell really you can't get shocked for the most part because the rubber tires would take the electricity and put it into the ground so really if your car is struck by lighting it might kill your car but usually doesn't harm the driver
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