“How does being struck by lightning, whilst being in a car work?”

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Heya all,
My friend and I got into a conversation/discussion last night and it got us wondering.

Let’s say you have the best of luck and your car gets struck my lightning whilst your in the car/driving. We sort of know about the box of Faraday but that left us with even more questions.

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So lightning is similar to the electricity in your house and will flow through metal like wires easily if there are no wires available it will flow through a human body, but that isn’t as easy as through metal. A Faraday cage spreads out the electrical charge on the outside of the metal so the inside is protected, but the external surface is “live”.

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