Lightning Strikes Car

Awesome view from dashcam, also notice how the streetlights go out right after the strike.

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Science & Technology

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• lightning
• thunder
• car
• drive
• driving
• storm
• strike
• struck
• break.com

[XSE256]

@tranceonline Fact 1: Glass does not conduct. a Thin pane of glass will keep you protected from even the strongest lightning. In fact. glass is such a good insulator, it has been used for hundreds of years without fail.

2. the water would have been flash boinled so quickly you wouldnt have seen steam

3. The camera is mounted. He isnt holding it.

4. Lightning wont affect a car. The exterior body work of a car forms a specially designed Faraday Cage which keeps all harmful electricity away.

[kiloggolik]

I bet your battery is nice and charged now

[wolevet97]

HOLY SHIT! YOU RAN OVER PIKACHU!!!!

[XSE256]

@dalellll Fact 1: Air in reference to the atmosphere IS conductive. It is on the lowest end of the scale as far as conductivity, however since one lightning bolt can power a town I don't think it has a problem with that. Your comment sort of contradicts itself. The lightning is proof of that.

Look up what a Faraday Cage is and get back to me. Also, watch Top Gear's video of lightning striking a car, with someone inside.

[dalellll]

@XSE256 "Fact 1" isn't true. Yes, glass is not a conductor. But neither is air, and the whole point of lightning is that it makes a path through the air between clouds and the ground.

"Fact 4" is partly true, cars can form a Faraday cage, but that doesn't mean lightning can't be dangerous. It's less dangerous than if you're NOT in a car, but there is still the possibility of serious damage being done. A car has all sorts of wiring running through it.

[KH9506]

@noreason2701 That's funny how you don't know shit about a lightning's physical nature, but yet you feel like you can argue about it. Everything you just said was ignorant and dead wrong.

[KH9506]

@tranceonline You should feel really stupid for that comment.

[goatnad6970]

lol its funny how people think everything now adays is fake. like many have stated this is real and they have the facts to back it up. you idiots who think its fake are just that. idiots. stop spending all your damn time on youtube and maybe read a book or at least learn alittle science.

[COBRASTARZEBRA]

for once a toyota is attractive :D

[MisterLepton]

@Everybody: I am shocked by the complete lack of critical thinking skills and just general idiocy emanating from every corner of YouTube ESPECIALLY when it has to do with subjects that require scientific knowledge and reasoning skills in order to determine the legitimacy of a claim/video. I know you can't help it but, please, don't pretend to know things when it's clear you don't actually know them. It's easy for those that do know to tell you are faking it (i.e. just read it on Wikipedia).

[MisterLepton]

@tranceonline

Your "facts" are not facts at all:

1. At sufficient voltage anything can become a "conductor", including glass.

2. Steam? The car was moving pretty fast. I'm not so sure the amount of steam produced would be significant but even if it was I think it would be difficult to see.

3. So what?

4. Your statement is flawed. Lightening can affect ANYTHING. Does it strike cars often? No. Can lightening strike ANYTHING. YES: If the material can have charge (almost all matter).

[MisterLepton]

@tranceonline and @noreas I suspect this is real. ightening can and will go through just about anything, including glass. I know lots of physics majors who are morons so that doesn't mean anything. All that is necessary to turn an insulator into a conductor is to surpass the breakdown voltage (which happens easily with lightening). The "Faraday cage" concept is somewhat correct in this context as this would help shield someone from harmful effects. But lightening can and does strike cars.