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The high level evidence is that lighting can travel thousands of feet through air. An inch or two of rubber is nothing. It's the metal cage of the car that pro
by qes 7y ago
The high level evidence is that lighting can travel thousands of feet through air. An inch or two of rubber is nothing.
It's the metal cage of the car that provides lighting a more conductive path around instead of through you.
- tyingq 7y agoFine, but sitting on a metal seat/floorboards propped up as the highest point on a grounded big metal object is basically a human lightning rod. Comparing that to a car isn't compelling. That's different than laying in a ditch or sitting in a car. At least in the car, the body is higher off the ground, and a lower resistance path than you. Perhaps a convertible, open top, bare metal floor with a flat tire might be comparable.