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When we thought we'd make it to the end of the month before we saw another video from the roads of Russia, we were wrong. Just after the video of the truck driver dismounting from the windshield of his cab, we have of a bolt of lightning saying hello to a Toyota Landcruiser.

It's brief but spectacular, and sadly, nothing like what happened in Back to the Future follows. You can watch it happen in slo-mo in the dashcam video below.Continue reading Watch lightning strike a hapless Toyota Landcruiser

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i thought cars werent supposed to be able to be struck by lightning?!?!?!

rethinking everything ive ever learned

 

They can be struck (only real way they couldn't is if they were coated in rubber). For certain, it is uncommon, but it happens if the electron path (the path the lightning takes) finds a car at the end when it discharges.
As for safety, any person who was not directly touching the metal of the vehicle at the time would be fine, as all the charge would go to the ground instantaneously.
Electronics of the vehicle may or may not experience difficulty, depending on how insulated they are (i.e. a ground wire in direct contact w/ frame is where the charge will go, should it choose to take that path.)

Lightning has been known to strike planes (mid air) as well, but again, it is unlikely, and almost entirely harmless if it happens.