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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 701551" data-attributes="member: 277"><p><img src="https://www.fjriders.com/forum/images/smilies/smartass.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> :nerdsmiley: If you don't wanna hear it, don't read it.</p><p></p><p>Both car and motorcycle tires are actually pretty good conductors due to the carbon content of the tires. It may be OK to get hit by lightning in a car because the metal body of the car makes a Faraday Cage which passes the electricity through the car body, through the tires and to ground. Since the passengers inside have no direct path to ground they are relatively safe. Michael Faraday (1830s) would stand inside a metal cage and had huge electrical bolts arc onto the cage then he would emerge unharmed when the power was turned off. Unfortunately, a motorcycle doesn't make a Faraday Cage, it is simply a large metal charge attractor sitting on two conductors -- kind of a large scale bug zapper.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I don't live in an area where lightning is a common problem.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I see wfooshee covered it while I was typing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 701551, member: 277"] [IMG]https://www.fjriders.com/forum/images/smilies/smartass.gif[/IMG] :nerdsmiley: If you don't wanna hear it, don't read it. Both car and motorcycle tires are actually pretty good conductors due to the carbon content of the tires. It may be OK to get hit by lightning in a car because the metal body of the car makes a Faraday Cage which passes the electricity through the car body, through the tires and to ground. Since the passengers inside have no direct path to ground they are relatively safe. Michael Faraday (1830s) would stand inside a metal cage and had huge electrical bolts arc onto the cage then he would emerge unharmed when the power was turned off. Unfortunately, a motorcycle doesn't make a Faraday Cage, it is simply a large metal charge attractor sitting on two conductors -- kind of a large scale bug zapper. Fortunately, I don't live in an area where lightning is a common problem. Edit: I see wfooshee covered it while I was typing. [/QUOTE]
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