When is lightning seen? Do the car tyres protect us from lightning!
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“Bolts from the blue” can strike 10-15 miles from the thunderstorm. Myth: Rubber tires on a car protect you from lightning by insulating you from the ground. Fact: Most cars are safe from lightning, but it is the metal roof and metal sides that protect you, NOT the rubber tires.
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Lightning is a very powerful electrical discharge made during a thunder storm. Lighting can be seen virtually instantaneously as light travels very first ( 300, 000, 000 m/s ). It can be seen upto 50 miles away ! Lighting is produced by discharge of electricity from cloud to cloud or from cloud to ground.
Rubber tyres on a car protect you from lightning by insulating you from the ground. Facts : most car are safe from lightning, but it is the metal roof and metal sides that protects you, not the rubber tires. When lightning strikes a vehicle, it goes through the metal frame into the ground.
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