We learned about a Faraday cage in physics, and we’ve all seen pictures of Nikola Tesla calmly smoking a pipe inside one while a zillion volts streams around him. But how about your car. Would it be a good enough Faraday cage? Would you voluntarily sit inside it while it is being struck by lightning? Watch while the really crazy guy from TopGear does exactly that.
Now fast-forward a few years. Your car isn’t made of metal anymore…
I would volunteer after a test run… but not on the first attempt.
I don’t think there’s much risk in a car with a steel body. If it were a plastic body with a steel frame, less safe, and an all-plastic car would make you the best conductor in the circuit.
Sure made a cool noise, didn’t it?