Expert General Contractors in Apopka, FL

Too many TV shows have shown people safely trapped in their cars despite the high-voltage lines dancing and sparking across the car’s body. It’s a tired plot device. The implication is that it’s the rubber tires keeping them insulated and safe. However, car tires are electrical conductors, not insulators. It’s also true that you are safe in a car if a live wire falls on it. But that’s because electricity always seeks the least-resistant path to the ground. If you stay in the car, the electricity will travel along the outside of the car body, down through the chassis, through the tires, and into the ground. As long as you don’t provide an alternate, less-resistant path to the ground through your body, electricity will not enter it.