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How dangerous is it when 600,000 to one-million volt bolt [/b]of electricity strikes a car? Most of us know you’re safer inside a car than outside it when it comes to a serious thunderstorm.

Contrary to popular belief, the reason for this isn't because cars have rubber tyres which insulate you from the ground.

According to the USA's National Lightning Safety Institute,[b]Rubber tyres provide no safety from lightning. 

The reason you're protected in a car during a lightning storm is actually because the metallic body of the car acts like a faraday cage. The electrical charge from the lightning is conducted to the ground.

It makes no difference to your safety whether the engine is running or not. But the voltage of the lightning is so high that it may have damaged the outside of the car like scorching paint,fusing side mirrors and popping the tires.

In newer vehicles, the computer chips in the engine control systems may be destroyed. If you’re caught driving in a thunderstorm,it is advisable to pull over to the side of the road and sit with your hands in your lap, not touching door or window handles, radio dials, the gearshift or the steering wheel i.e all things that contain metal and are connected to the outside of the car. That way you’re sure not to get shocked if the car does take a hit

Convertibles do not afford sufficient protection, even with the roof closed. A cloth top will not form a complete Faraday cage either and won't be safe.

Fibreglass bodied cars are not safe as the outside body needs to be conductive to form a Faraday cage and fibreglass is an insulator.
Also small riding mowers and golf buggies are examples of unsafe vehicles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmk3lPManAc&app=m&persist_app=1

The Top Gear team created an experiment to find out what it would be like if you were struck by lightning while in your car. Richard Hammond was hit by 600,000 volts of nature’s finest whilst sitting in a Volkswagen Golf.

From the clips, its obvious that its not the rubber tires that is insulating the car, but rather the conductive metal framing which protects you by conducting the electricity  around the vehicle and its occupants. The truth is, rubber tires don’t prevent lightning strikes in the least bit.

So,have you ever experienced a case whereby a car was struck by lightning in Nigeria?

Source https://autojosh.com/happens-lightning-carrying-600k-1million-volt-bolt-electricity-strikes-car/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

You dey ask wetin go happen if thunder fire car?

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so thank you for thread

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A cars Frame is a metal box which can act as a "Faraday Cage". A Faraday cage is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. Named after an English scientist; Micheal Faraday. If struck by lightning, the electrical current passes through the vehicle and enters the ground. The laws Of Faraday does not apply to convertibles, as the roof is cut off. New model car designs also shift some cars away from the Faraday cage rule due to large windows and openings.

When in a thunderstorm, experts say the safest place to be is in a car. But to be fully safe from 600, 000 to 1 million volt, it is advised that the car should be turned off and the occupant should refrain from touching any metallic object in the car until the thunderstorm has passed.

Those energy has to go to the earth. Biko how, when there's a rubber Tire between the earth. If it strikes the roof of the car, how will those cheap aluminum hold it? Just like using 5amps fuse as a faraday cage for a 1000 amps current.
The amps, the plastic, even the person putting on the power will roast like bole.