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    so much for rubber tires acting as an insulator...

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    lightning kills biker...

    talk about it being your time...

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    lightning kills biker...

    Originally posted by bemused


    so much for rubber tires acting as an insulator...
    Lightning has just traveled through 10 miles of air (an excellent insulator) you think 1/4" of rubber is gonna make a difference?

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    wow

    Talk about a complex report WRT a natural accident.

    Was the bike chromed?
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    lightning kills biker...

    Originally posted by stoinkythepig
    Lightning has just traveled through 10 miles of air (an excellent insulator) you think 1/4" of rubber is gonna make a difference?
    point...

    however: the ground ('specially wet) is going to present a noticeably more attractive "target" for conduction to earth than even a thin insulator... THAT was my point.

    tho electricity, over the years, has continued to do stuff that I don't expect it to...

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    lightning kills biker...

    Damn,

    That report shows lightning strikes recorded coming down all around him.... First in front, then on both sides of him one of which managing to conduct through him.

    He must've saw a flash right in front of him, then possibly one right next to him before taking the jolt.

    A pretty neat way to go!!

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    lightning kills biker...

    Originally posted by bemused


    so much for rubber tires acting as an insulator...
    Ive recently learned that the "rubber tire protection" angle is really a myth...it's the steel body of the car that saves yer ass from being fried...since he was exposed to the flash while riding a bike, he had no chance...RIP.

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    lightning kills biker...

    Originally posted by greenmonster
    "rubber tire protection" angle is really a myth...it's the steel body of the car that saves yer ass from being fried...
    Was just going to post saying that same thing. It was estimated that it would take a piece of rubber 1 mile thick to insulate against a lightning strike. What the steel body of the cage does is direct the electricity around you via the frame of the car and that is how it protects you.

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    lightning kills biker...

    Originally posted by Rice-rocket1
    Was just going to post saying that same thing. It was estimated that it would take a piece of rubber 1 mile thick to insulate against a lightning strike. What the steel body of the cage does is direct the electricity around you via the frame of the car and that is how it protects you.

    It acts as a faraday cage. You can see a real one in action at the Museum of Science.

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