What is the recommended escape method if you must leave the area due to step potential?

• A. Bunny hop out
• B. Run as fast as possible
• C. Crawl or slide
• D. Glide away

Answer: (A)

The key idea is to reduce the voltage difference across your body as you move away from the area. When step potential exists, staying close to the ground minimizes how much of a potential difference your feet experience at once, which lowers the risk of current flowing through you.

Crawling or sliding is the best approach because it keeps your body low and your feet in contact with the ground, reducing separation between contact points. This steady, low position makes it harder for a dangerous current to travel through you if you step onto ground with different potentials. Moving quickly or standing up would raise you and increase the chances that your feet are on ground surfaces with different voltages, increasing current through your body. Jumping or hopping worsens the risk by creating larger, uneven differences between feet. Gliding away isn’t a practical technique in this scenario.

So, the safer escape is to crawl or slide, staying as low as possible while you move away from the hazardous area.