Does lightning hit cars?

Answer 1

Yes.

It is actually very safe to be in a car during a lightning storm. If your car is hit, your tires insultate it and nothing happens.

Answer 2

Yes, lightning hits cars. The poster above me who said the tires insulate you is DEAD WRONG. Tires do not provide ANY PROTECTION from lightening whatsoever--that is a wive's tale that needs to be debunked right now. Lightening is one of the most powerful forces in nature--it travels through thousands of miles of open air, so do you really think tires or rubber souled sneakers will stop it? LOL. NO. The reason cars are a safe place to be during a lightening storm is because of the metal shell. Lightening will hit the car and travel around the outside of the metal shell and be safely delivered to the ground, protecting the occupants. However, it will likely damage the vehicle and cause an electrical short.

Answer 3

Yes! It DOES!!! Once, during a Tornado Warning--I hopped in my car, and drove to the nearest Hospital, a few blocks away. I parked on the side of the street. As soon as I got into the building, Lightning struck my car and it "TURNED ON THE LIGHTS!!!." That was scarey! I also read where a woman was driving in a Lightning Storm and Lightning struck her car and she said that the "PAIN," was excruciating. I think that the lightning went through the "Steering Wheel." She said it was the most Horrible Pain! I'm sure that you know, that if you are in your car during a storm, and "Live Wires" fall on your car, DO NOT attempt to get out of your car--do not touch any metal in your car. Sit there until the Fire Dept. can come to your rescue.

Another Little Tid-Bit--When I was little, Lightning came through the Screen of our door and "Danced Around," on our carpeted living room floor!!!

Answer 4

genuinely. Lightning hits lots extra effective than you could think of. because it nears the earth the extreme fields have a tendency to make it fork. In a lightning strike at my homestead, a study of the wear and tear confirmed that it hit a minimum of a nil.5 a dozen places interior the single strike. The capability in each and each factor multiple. the automobile is a bump interior the floor so that's extra probable to hit the automobile than a flat floor, yet no longer as probable as a tall pointed floor. Grounding the wheels is a) no longer genuine and b) no longer an earnings. the only question is "Is it much less stressful for the lightning to bypass by using 2 m of steel automobile, or 2 m of interior of reach air?"

Answer 5

yes. Sometimes. But not in towns or where there are trees or street lights or electric lines next to the road. lightning will strike those first.

And even if lightning strikes your car, you won't get electrocuted: the electricity will go through the metal parts of your car, and through your tires down to the ground (tires are NOT insulting your car against lightning!!!! lightning bolts go through AIR!!! and air is a better insulator than rubber, so don't listen to people who will tell you crap like that). And your car will act like a faraday cage and protect you from the electromagnetic wave from the lightning bolt.

However, your tires are likely to explode and your onboard computer will get fried (the one who takes care of EVERYTHING in moderne cars. From the radio to pumping gaz into your engine).
So, chen lightning strikes your car, your engine will stop, your tires will explode, might even catch fire. But appart from that, you will be quite safe.
The first thing you should do, in that situation is stop the car and make sure no part of your car has caught fire. If it has, get away from it or extinguish it if you can. If it hasn't, get back inside to protect yoruself from further lightning bolts

Answer 6

Yes.

Being in a car is very safe during storms because when lightning strikes the car, electricity is distrubuted on the outer sufrace of the car. According to a law in science, the charge inside a hollow object irregardless of shape and size is zero. Aside from that, the car is in contact with the ground, so electricity flows away from the car.

Answer 7

Yes it does. And motorcycles too.

Just the other day I read in the Denver Post about a guy who was riding his bike down I- 70 in Denver and was hit and killed.
He was dead before he even crashed.

Answer 8

Yes, years ago a friend of mine was struck riding on a car, it did not kill him but he was blessed.

Answer 9

yes, most cars have something to earth them (you often see hanging peice of something under the car) also i guess the tyres will protect you. i guess if your car wasnt earthed all the onboard computer stuff might take a beating!!!

Answer 10

yes but inside it we are safe.