You are travelling in a car during a thunderstorm. In order to protect yourself from lightening, would you prefer to :
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Remain in the car, which provide electrostatic shielding. As we know that effect of external electric field inside conductor is zero.
The metal in the car will shield you from any external electric fields and thus prevent the lightening from travelling within the car.
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