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You are going in a car. It is about to lightning. How will you protect yourself?

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A complete metal shield is necessary for full protection - so if you're stranded during a lightning storm, take cover inside a car with the windows wound up.  

  • 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. 
  • The person in the car must not be touching any metal object in the car 
  • Door and window handles, radio dials, CB microphones, steering wheels, and other inside-to-outside metal objects should be left alone during close-in lightning events. 
  • Small riding mowers and golf buggies are examples of unsafe vehicles.
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The current due to lightning can only pass any person body if he or she creates a complete circuit by touching or any how in contact with earth. If any person try to insulate purposely by do not touching any conducting material of car then sure he can she protect them self. But due to high voltage by lightning charges on surface of person may get polarised.

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