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Here's how your car can protect you from lightning

You car or truck will protect you from lightning but not for the reason you may think.
A large lightning bolt strikes behind a storm chaser's moving van. Osage County, Oklahoma.

Taking shelter from lighting in a building or at home, away from the windows, is the best course of action. But sometimes we are driving in our car during a thunderstorm.

Sometimes we have to duck into our car to escape lightning when watching our kids play soccer or softball.

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It is safe to be in your, but not because of the rubber tires.

It's safe because the metal cage disperses the electricity safely to the ground.

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