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Do Your Car Tires Protect You From A Lighting Strike?

April 10, 2025Updated: April 10, 2025, 6:02 am EDTPublished: April 10, 2025, 6:02 am EDT

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not rubber tires that keep drivers safe from lightning strikes during a thunderstorm. It’s actually the metal roof and sides of the car that make cars a safe place to be when lightning strikes. So stay inside and out of cars with fiberglass shells, convertibles, motorcycles and bicycles when a thunderstorm is in the forecast.

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