I know it's probably not a good idea to ride in a storm, but I'm curious about what would happen if a person on a motorcycle was struck by lightning. Would you be safe like you would be if you were in a car?
2007-11-21 18:35:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
you know,. Ive seen video of cars struck by lightning but i have yet to hear of anyone struck while riding a bike?! ,. interesting?http://www.geocities.com/littleredridinghood1960/BobSegerNightMoves.wav
2007-11-23 16:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing good! Even if you weren't electrocuted the impact of that much energy would knock you off the bike. I am curious why someone might think you were safe in a car? I think a car might be considered safe because the rubber tires serve as an insulator from ground. But hey, that lightning bolt just arced from, oh say 4000 feet, I'm guessing it could make the jump of six or eight inches gap your car has to ground. You're talking about thousands if not hundreds of thousands of volts. The most powerful generator on earth can't produce the amount of voltage one lightning bolt has. A direct hit in either vehicle and you're screwed! What they both provide is lessening the chance of a strike near you passing through the tires and affecting you.
But what are the odds? I'd worry more about that Buick about to turn left in front of you. Now there's some pretty good odds!
2007-11-22 09:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by puttndutchman 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
All of the above is why I don't mind riding in plain old rain, but refuse to ride in thunderstorms...most thunderstorms are relatively short-lived and I can almost always shelter under an underpass or just park and go into a convenience store or whatever. In Kansas, we also have a little jewel called a tornado and ya can't always see them coming. Anyway, my solution is to get off the bike and under something substantial for cover...ride safe! Kenny ;o)
2007-11-22 11:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
While certainly not good for you, a lightning strike won't necessarily kill you. A friend of mine was struck while on his tractor. It knocked him out momentarily, left black soot on the back of his neck and he had to put new inner tubes in the rear tires because they were left with countless tiny pin holes.
2007-11-22 15:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you in a car and it gets struck by lighting your ok because you have a metal roof over your head that conducts the electricity much better than you do and the current will exit through your wet tires, if you are on a bike you have no roof over your head so the current will pass through you instead resulting in death or severe injury.
2007-11-22 06:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You would probably be killed either by the Lightning or the wreck your about to have .One thing is for sure ,It would hurt Like Hell if ya lived through it /
2007-11-22 09:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by Thunderoadvtx1300 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cars form a Faraday Cage which protects you, search for that and Tesla for more information, tyres have so much carbon in that they will conduct rather than insulate. You are better off riding through it than sheltering under a tree.
2007-11-22 09:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Tim D 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. You'd be dead before you hit the ground and the cops would say, "another motorcycle related accident" and the papers would report, "she was not wearing a helmet".
2007-11-22 03:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
You would die, a bike wouldn't save you. There have been peoiple that suevive a strike, but a motorcycle wouldn't help .
2007-11-22 02:47:20 · answer #9 · answered by Montesa 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You'd very likely die, from the strike or the ensuing wreck.
2007-11-22 10:36:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋