Aggressive Canadian red squirrels in Britich Columbia have been known to surf on cars (a la Snow Crash) with solid wire ground straps, so I think they've been banned by DMV in U.S. border states. The metal impregnated rubber straps, OTOH, are designed to wear down (and break away as needed).

Jim
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