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Yes and No, It IS safe to be in a car when there is lighting if it is metal since its a conductor but it is NOT safe inside a fiberglass car since it is an insulator.
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Will the track lighting be safe outside during the rain and wind?
There are several kinds of track lighting available, many specifically designed for outdoor use. When following installation correctly, outdoor track lighting will be safe outside during the rain and wind.
Is it safe to lay in the tanning bed during a lighting storm?
Not if its in the middle of a field.
How deadly is showering during lightning?
Well, acording to myth busters it is absolutely safe to shower during lighting storms.
Has there ever been a stock car hit by lighting during a race?
No, there has never been an instance where a car was struck by lightning during a NASCAR race.
Has there ever been a nascar stock car hit by lighting during a race?
No, there has never been an instance where a car was struck by lightning during a NASCAR race.
Is it safe to be in a car during an electrical storm?
Yes
Is a car a safe place during a tornado?
It is not.Go to your basement.
Are you safe in a car during a lightning storm?
As surprising as it may seem but you would actually be safe inside a car if you were caught in a lighting storm. In the open, humans can be electrocuted in a lighting storm as humans can conduct electricity. However, if you compare the conductivity of a metal car and a human body then a car would be a better conductor of electricity. You may ask "but would you be electrocuted as well if you were in a car whilst it was electrocuted" The answer to that is simply no. To explain we must understand how electricity is transferred when it is released in a lighting storm. When electricity is released inside a thunder cloud, all electricity finds the quickest route to ground. So if a lighting bolt struck a human body and a car simultaneously than the lighting would hit the ground quicker if it hit the car as it is a better conductor of electricity of a car. Also, in a car, you are sat on a leather seat with other non metal objects and they act like insulating materials, which don't conduct electricity. To sum it up simply, you can die if you were directly struck by lighting but a car to some degree would stay intake if that was struck by lighting. If you were sat inside a car and it was struck by lighting, the lighting would go the the tallest part of the car, which it could be the Ariel, then the electricity itself would travel around the metal car frame to the brakes, where it's in contact with the tyre and that it contacted to the ground. Reason that you wont be conducted is due to a few reasons but the main one is that a human body isn't as good as at conducting electricity compare to a huge metal car. This explains in some videos and cases where people inside a car gets hit by lightning but they don't get harmed what do ever with the exception of damages like shattered glass, and the car tyres exploded. This is also why people are advised that if they were in a car and was caught for some reason in a lighting storm, then you should stay in the car instead of going outside the car.
Is it more safe to stay in a car or outside during a lightning storm?
Stay inside the car
How does an lighting system work?
how does a car lighting system work
What is a hyperbole for car?
The car Was as fast as lighting
What is hyperbole for car?
The car Was as fast as lighting
