incredible amounts. In a car you are fairly safe as the metal body of the car is a better conductor of electricity than you. If you look at the metal skin of a car, i t surrounds you. But this doesn't mean a sure protection. The moment a car gets struck there is a huge amount of electricity stored in the metal of the car. It tries many and varied ways of finding an escape path. If you are touching the metal of the car in any way (i.e. the gear lever, steering wheel, seat belt catch etc.) , it also tries to escape through you. Although this is not likely to be a huge electrical shockand is unlikely to harm you. When I photograph lightning, I never get out of the car when lightning is within 10 kilometres (6 miles). It is because of the characteristics of lightning that I follow this rule (look at "Big Strike" in missed). When lightning is imminent to strike, I disassociate myself from all the metal parts of the car. Take off all metal things I am wearing (watch, coins from pockets, glasses etc.) and wind the window up to near the top. This part is really scary for me. After studying lightning for so many years I have managed to work out when I am most likely to have a strike within 100 metres (not the direction unfortunately). It usually occurs in a line perpendicular to the storm's direction and right on