Who is here after uncountable shocks by car door?🤣🤣

Haha. I used to have a car that shocked me every single time I got out. The shock didn't really hurt, but the bad part was KNOWING it was about to happen. I used to park that car and for a few seconds before getting out I would sit there like "Ooooooohhhhhh dammit" :(

I'm seriously static prone, so I get shocked by everything ALL THE TIME (mostly in the winter). I've been waiting for this video my whole life. I'm totally trying the hand on the car trick and will let you know the results. As for the dryer sheets, they work wonders. In the winter, I make a habit of carrying a couple around with me wherever I go.

Alternate clickbait title: This girl simply got out of her car. What happens next is SHOCKING!!

I once worked in a building where the combination of the carpet and my shoes caused a shock every time I touched metal, so I would touch everything with a key first. People laughed at me, until I walked up to them and touched them with my key.

I love those moments where you have no idea what's going on and get to learn something new

My dad used to carry a key when he was touching a door so the key would get the shock, not him when he touched something metallic, like a doorknob or a gate. Works like a charm ;)

Styrofoam can develop a large static charge very easily, and it is therefore not supposed to be placed in an ESD sensitive environment where sensitive electronics can be damaged. The fact that it is an insulator just means that it will not conduct a continuous DC current after it develops a charge. One analogy it to think of it as a capacitor. The center of a capacitor consists of an insulator, and will block DC current, yet the entire purpose of the capacitor is to hold a charge.

Take your car's ignition key(or a door key if you have a proximity key), and after you get out, tap the car with it. If it sparks, you won't be the point of exit, the key will, and it won't hurt. I discovered this when I put a key in a deadbolt and it sparked, though I didn't feel it. Works for doorknobs too.

Excellent video as always. I would also add that what's painful is not the electrical discharge current but rather the flux, that is the amount of current across a given skin area. So a good way of avoiding the pain of the shock would be to touch your car with an open palm after exiting, rather than touching it with just the tip of your finger.

I'm so glad i found this channel. I've been a physics "enthusiast" since highscool and now being in my thirties i still love this kind of videos. I'm going to show the mirror video to my niece, it's going to "flip" her mind. Keep up the good work.

Your tip on getting discharged when getting down from car was legit.. Thanks..saved me from loads of shocks

I love the feeling of static shock. I will purposely shock myself at work and at home. When I get shocked, I get the ASMR tingles in my head. It feels so good!

I love getting shocks when getting out of the car, it makes me feel so ALIVE!

Thank you so much!! This CONSTANTLY happens to me whenever I get out of my car, and it really hurts. I thought it was just because I wear jeans and have cloth seats-yes, I know that's the basis of it. But this was so helpful in understanding why!

Thank you! I knew most of this, but the part about the humidity in the air either escaped my memory or I hadn't heard it before. I just got a newer car this winter, but I've been getting shocked off of it over the past few weeks. This timed out perfectly with some electrical problems I was having so I was worried. BUT, we have also had much dryer weather during that same time span. You have helped put my mind at ease and to lessen the pain in my fingers from the static shocks. :)

Thank you so much for explaining this 😁🤗. Three days now without a shock from the car ❤️

Great car tip. Mystery solved! You have made my life less painful now that I know how to avoid shocks. Thank you.

This is the first time ever for me to subscribe to a channel after watching only one video. Your explanation is amazing.

You have helped me enough I was thinking that maybe I got sick because every time when I get out of a car or when I want to touch something I was feeling shock I was even planning to find Doctor to ask about that issue but your video helped me enough I can't thank you enough

Another solution is to never go outside, or move! Easy peasy!

Great video Dianna!

there's something cool about these videos that keep me coming back. thanks for that! and thanks for helping me to procrastinate

To Physics girl i am a disabled person (wheelchair) with a normal education . I was really bad at science and I did not like it, however your videos have generated a certain amount of interest and you deserve all the praise you get. There should be more people like you in the world. You are far better than anything that is on TV today and many people can benefitt from your knowledge and expierance. Just a thought for a future video matbe you can do one on how physics csn hrlp disabled people live their lives.

2:47 for quick answer. Whole video is good though.

I've never been shocked getting out of a car before, so ironically this video has made me resolve to try and get shocked doing so.

Very good job on the video! And really good explanation! I hate getting shocked, odd I guess for how much I love playing with electricity. Awhile back i thought about how I could avoid getting shocked getting out of a car and came to the same conclusion you explained. I wish I had videos like this when I was a kid. At least my daughter will, thank you for that. Keep up the good work.

Awesome Dianna ! Thanks for the trick. I'm an engineer and I know equations of Maxwell but I have never solved my problems of shocks after car exiting with it. I just thought that I was a bad insulator. Science is so fun, I really like your channel, keep it up !

Getting shocked on touching Car Door is easy *_but acting normal the moment you get shocked in public is the problem_*

It's worth mentioning that with all but the largest static shocks the only reason you feel them is due to the heat of the spark against your skin. In other words, the static discharge is causing you a very localised burn. This is the reason you don't feel a static shock if you touch the car door (or door handle, or metal banister) with your keys: you are isolated from the heat of the spark.

I love how you explain it with your hands.

I first subscribed when you had like, 10.000 subs about a month ago and now you're on 160.000! Congratulations!

+Physics Girl The touching-the-car-metal-before-stepping-out trick works often, but sometimes if the car itself is charged, it could discharge through your toes to ground. Have you ever had this? Cool demo with the styrofoam plate, btw - a useful principle for keeping particulate-dust off (plastic) workpieces while e.g. laser-machining.

Ah, thank you very much for the tip, I fear it every time I get out of a car !

Great video! I remember reading that in gas stations ignition of vapors through these static induced sparks are much more common with young, fit people than with elders, for example, because the elders hold to the metal to support themselves, which grounds them. Younger, more fit people end up never grounding themselves before touching the vapor-rich tank opening: WHOOSH!

Really enjoyed your last few videos alot more than i thought i would subscribing back when i found you. I hope you keep up the trend!

I get shocked nonstop in the winter months. I wish it were a superpower BUT it's annoying. People think I'm crazy but when I go to open doors I smack them with the back of my hand first or just use my elbow. When I take my jacket off at home I'll smack the wall a few time or get my kids to high five me REAL hard. I broke my toe once from kicking a wall after a static shocked angered me to hulk status. Yep. Static. The struggle is real. Thankfully I've figured out bizarre methods to minimize it. :)

Nope nope nope, this is not entirely true. The reason you get zapped by your car most of the time is NOT due to friction between you and the car seat. It is due to the friction of the air against the car itself which charges the car body. Engineers already SOLVED this problem: carbon black in the tires. The carbon in the tires usually is conductive enough to discharge whatever charge builds up during driving. However, when the electrical resistance of your tires is too high, or if you have very old, non-carbonized tires, the body of your car can build up an amazing amount of charge. The instant your feet hit the ground, they are at earth potential. If you then touch the car: it will discharge through you. Anyway: for anyone who has problems with getting zapped by their car: you can buy special rubber flaps with steel wire inside that drag over the road, called grounding straps, thus creating a nice grounding point. It will still be possible to get zapped by your car due to friction on your car seat, but that should be a very minor issue. Also: if you get shocked by your car from friction between you and the seat, you should be able to shock yourself when you are inside the car and charge yourself up by wiggling heavily in your seat. If you're only able to shock yourself when your feet touch the ground: you need a ground strap. +Physics Girl: I think you didn't do the story justice by not including the air friction explanation, as it is far more likely. Also: the styrofoam on top of the Van De Graaff is charged by electrostatic induction.

thanks a ton dear. i was totally frustrated with this electric shock i use to get every time when i use get out of my car. ur tricks really helped me

Watching a few old videos. Maybe it will get these back into the algorithm and send some love Dianna's way. I hope you are feeling stronger today and time shows improvement in your condition. 💙

Thank you. I was getting tired of shocking the pump at the gas station. The display on the pump was actually going blank for about 5 seconds before coming back on. It was making me 5 seconds late to work, so yeah, thanks.

A good way to not ignite a fire when fueling your vehicle is to do the touch-the-metal trick when exiting EVERY time. Then you won't have an electric potential built when you go to put your hands by the fuel port, preventing a spark

Thank God someone addressed this issue. Regards from a victim of this violent event so many times that I can't event remember now.

thank you for uploading this. I didn't know it was such a simple solution to avoid the shock after getting out of the car!

This is me. Every. Damn. Time.

This is actually really important before you fill up at a gas station. If you are charged and cause a spark, you can ignite the fuel!

You’re the best Dianna. I love your videos.

Awesome!!! Thanks a lot for this very practical explanation! I hated being shocked every time leaving the car! No shocks anymore when leaving the car!!!

Stupid question but you did make sure to insulate yourself from ground at the end there right? Just asking because you didn't seem taller and most shoes will do just about nothing for that experiment.

I deliver pizza and get shocked almost everytime I leave the car (and I leave the car a lot of times per night :( ). I hope your trick can help me! Thanks for the video ♪♫

Thanks for the video. Another easy way to not get shocked leaving a car is to cover your seat with cotton fabric (assuming you are usually wearing cotton). It's the combination of different materials that creates the charge separation, so if seat and clothes are the same fabric, no charge builds up. Also, to make your hair stand up better with a VDG generator, here are two tricks I've found: (based on doing it hundreds of times with students) - Dampening your hair with a spray bottle makes it work a lot better (yes, counter-intuitive) - Standing on a plastic stool to insulate you from the ground is super important too.

I love watching your videos! You make each one fun. Thanks.

just get out of your car and go up to your friends and touch them on the ear

Last time i was getting shock when hug a girl. Because i realized her boyfriend standing while starring at me

Wonderful video, Dianna! I hope that you are getting plenty of static electricity shock-free hugs from your friends and family. 🙏🏻

I just got shocked a couple times, and now I know how to void it! Thanks lady

Never been so early on a video! Great video too :)

1. Did you maybe ground yourself while trying to get your hair get charged? 2. (Especially for the kids) hang a ping pong ball about 5-10 cm next to the van de graaf generator and see what happens. (You can paint the ball with graphite spray paint to make the surface conducting to amplify the effect, but it should work with a normal ping pong ball)

I'm so glad I was able to watch this video.i am constantly getting shocked when I get out of the car.so I was determined to find a solution.so thank you,I know what to do now

Thank you for sharing, I have always wondered why I get the shock when I get out of my car, now I know.

So... How do I prevent getting shocked when I'm pushing around a shopping cart??

Anti-static keychain is 5 bucks on Amazon. Plus it's fancy! Lot's of carpets, door-knobs and cold weathers where I live...

This is good advice for people who fill up at self serve gas stations. Static charges have, on occasion, resulted in the ignition of gas fumes while pumping gas.

It happens to me every single time I get out of the car!!! Thanks Diana.

I used to face that problem with my other car. I ended up just closing the door by pushing the window thus insulating myself from the chassis

In the reflection on the generator you can see the whole room, but not the camera. Isn't this weird? :)

Awesome video! You are a great Physics Ambassador 😀

very good demonstration, seriously looking forward to the induction video!

0:15 that's never happened to me. I've never been hugged... ='{

No more kicking the car's door to close anymore ... Thank you

This is one of the BEST youtube channels!!

I love this video. It remind me my 10th Gr when we used a Wimshurst machine. Thanks for all these videos that I watch since the begining (almost!)

You must be very popular with kids

How to stop yourself from getting shocked while getting out of the car . . . Take the bus

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

Truly amazing and such a great way of explanation.

As a Floridian, this happens? xD

Leather seats. Problem solved.

Nice tips and video, I really appreciat it !

I love to watch this channel with my kid. I’m learning so much 😅👍

- why are you rubbing yourself with that? - cos wanna leave my car, men! XD

That PBS opening gives me a headache.

This video is very informative. I looked for an answer w/ my experience last night. The room is so cold because of the AC, i put my blanket with me already then i start scratching my pants inside. When I was about to change my blanket to bigger one static starts, it's pretty amazing!!! It's light green like tiny lightning that buzzes all over the blanket! When I was about to through the blanket away (for i thought it's because of the blanket) I saw all of my finger tips having those tiny lightning in them!!! Love it!

Love this video! Having fun with science!

This has never happenned to me.

She’s smart and hot . . .

Love these videos physics girl :) keep up the awesome videos

I love your videos you inspire me soooo much!

Science is so much funner when you get unexpected results. Because that means that more is happening then meets the eye and you are compelled to figure out exactly what is REALLY happening.

You look so happy doing this, it's contagious :)) Cool video :))

Awesome! Thank you! I wish I found this video nearly 6 years ago when it released. I just thought my car hated me but I will have to remember to do this trick instead.

I got shocked four times today getting out of the car. Loved this video, thanks!

This channel is really very awesome. I came to learn a lot of new facts

Honestly, I finally remembered to buy Dryer Sheets today simply because I got shocked while getting out of my truck on my way into the store to purchase batteries; because obviously I needed more electricity. ;-) I am thankful to finally have been shown the pre-grounding technique , it seems so obvious now. I have used dryer sheets on my cloths seats and that coupled with actually using them on my cloths in the dryer does dramatically damper the effect. Cool vid. Thanx!

I was so anxious watching this video, not knowing when and anticipating your next static shock, hahah.

Good video. Every time I though of a comment for what looked like a disparity you gave the answer. Any time two dissimilar objective rum against each other then is a static build up it is just the degree. Think lighting. Nice video again.

Part of the shock comes from the distance of the drive too. Just like rubbing a balloon against hair or clothes, rubber tires rubbing the road will pick up some charge and can transfer it to the outside of the car which acts like a Faraday cage if not separately grounded. I've been told that semi-truck tires have metal flecks in the outer tire to help ground them so charge doesn't build up as much. Also, a lot of grocery stores now have carts with little changes dangling off of one wheel to help ground them.

Cool. I was wondering about the hair standing up stuff. We did that in school. Thanks for clearing up the reason in the end.

Ahh! Amazing video and finally a great tip. We always get shocked here getting out of the car. Now I know how to avoid it.

I actually figured out the car trick myself a while back since I tend to get shocked a lot. Although, it is nice to see the science instead of just deductive reasoning.