Originally Posted by
boomhauer
Rubber tires under me seem like the safest option until the next 7-11. By that time the danger is probably over
Rubber tires won't do a darn thing to a voltage so high it's jumping across thousands of feet of air.
The (modicum of) safety of being inside a car comes from the Faraday Cage effect of the metal body channeling the current around the occupants.
This motorcyclists' rubber tires were FAR bigger than yours yet that didn't seem to help:
Lightning Strike Kills Colo. Motorcyclist