I do actualy know the answer to this question but im wondering how many other people know the CORRECT answer.
2007-06-19 08:20:41 · 11 answers · asked by Rob 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Being surrounded by a mostly metal cage which conducts electricity far better than a mere human body ever would channels any lightning strike around you. The electric charge wants to remain on the outside of any structure so the charge is spread over as wide a volume as possible - and you're on the inside.
The REAL reason though is that, you're inside where you won't get wet. :)
It's a common misconception that the rubber tires don't conduct, and that makes you safe. However, that lightning just jumped a thousand feet or more through the air which also does not conduct - the couple inches of rubber aren't going to phase it one bit.
2007-06-19 08:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by mokolon 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is genuine except you're parked under a great tree, then you definately run the possibility of the tree being struck and knocking a branch or perhaps the completed tree on precise of it. Rubber is an particularly undesirable conductor, electricity in simple terms can not commute with the aid of it. do no longer assume rubber soled footwear to save you even with the undeniable fact that, as a great sufficient jolt, say from touching a shorted out equipment, can arc or bounce around the sting of the shoe to the floor. electricity takes the direction of least resistance. while you're sitting in a automobile for the time of a lightning strike, the lightning will hit something close to you that has an greater straightforward 'direction'.
2016-11-06 22:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by kennebeck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Faraday discovered that carges within and on a metal enclosure or mesh redistribute themselves so as to cancel the charges in the interior of the cage. Such an enclosure is known as a Faraday Cage.
2007-06-19 08:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the body of the vehicle acts as a Faraday Cage.
2007-06-19 09:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your car acts like a Faraday cage. The electric charge gets distributed over the surface of the car, so you don't get shocked.
2007-06-19 08:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Tires, being made of rubber, insulate the car from the ground. Not being well grounded, a car is unlikely to be struck by lightening.
If some unusual circumstance were to occur that enabled the car to be struck, the conductive body of the car would direct the current around you and you would still be safe if you are inside and not touching the ground.
2007-06-19 08:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by Philip H 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Your vehicle is not the safest place to be. In your home and away from windows is the safest place to be in a thunderstorm.
2007-06-19 10:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well if your in the car it's safe because the charge only gets distrubeted on the surface of the car and since your inside it you remain unharmed.
2007-06-19 16:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not because its made out of metal...
Or maybe it is since its above the ground and the wheels aren't made of metal, I don't know!
2007-06-19 08:25:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
you should be away from the windows and away from electricity.
2007-06-19 11:23:34 · answer #10 · answered by rellidejernette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋