Richard Hammond struck by lightning

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-3 1. Mooz commented 16 years ago

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0 2. Mooz commented 16 years ago

Which year did he end up in?
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-1 3. BombDiggady commented 16 years ago

How did they manage to keep that camera in the car working whilst the "lightning" was active?
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0 4. SpikedSilver commented 16 years ago

you are just not allowed to get in contact with the metal of the car. as long as you not touch it, the car works as a faraday cage.
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-1 5. andyjk10 commented 16 years ago

be wise. they are showing that that anything inside the car is safe according the architecture of the new golfs, n thats why the cameras were still working and the dude survived and the car.dudee
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-1 6. OwenRay commented 16 years ago

I've heared it say that if u get struck by lightning in your car.. that u've got to get your car unloaded with electricity first (bfore getting out of it)
else the car will unload trough your body.. and that's not the best idea
so u've got to "touch" a metal object (like a lamppole) with your car first, bfore getting out
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-1 7. Aliquantulus commented 16 years ago

Yes, your car (the metal frame) will work like a faraday cage, but the insulantion between the car and the ground (the tires) could end up with the whole thing being a huge capacitor (the ground being one plate and the car frame the other plate) that stores a static charge between the two sides. Still, I doubt that it would be enough to kill you.. If you walk on a carpet and touch someone else giving them a shock it is a couple of hundred thousand volts, or in some cases the voltage is even a couple of million volts, but the current is still to small to kill you (or even make your heart go nuts). The entire charge from the lightning would probably leave all at ones (from the car to the ground), being that it takes a shitload of energy for electricity to jump through air.. Electricity seeks to easiest and quickest way towards the ground, why would a little charge stay behind in the car?

If you're really paranoid you could always leave the car (that has been hit) without touching the metal frame on your way out of the car.. :D
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0 8. keltix commented 16 years ago

"If you walk on a carpet and touch someone else giving them a shock it is a couple of hundred thousand volts, or in some cases the voltage is even a couple of million volts..."

The threshold for human tolerance is like around 30 volts. I think a "couple hundred volts" would kill someone. I don't think the body's resistance can be large enough to produce a small current "too small to kill you." V=IR; voltage=current*resistance
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0 9. jackDjohnson commented 11 years ago

1.21 Jiggawatts and the Flux capasitor is still working !!
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0 10. ughlah commented 8 years ago

Best part was they tuned into the radiostation Fritz, the one and only stupidly named german radiostation.