Zap a shock the car is not grounded.

Modern vehicle tyres incorporate carbon black and are somewhat conductive.

 

I was in a motel for a couple days one summer in Albuquerque where the weather was hot with very low humidity.
I walked down a long carpeted hallway to my room, and the large, visible arc when I touched the door knob was enough to remind me not to do that again.
So after that I used a metal key to discharge the charge, but I could still feel it some in in my fingers.

I think the charge was mostly going into the capacitance of the knob and the associated metal lock fixture.

My worst experience was in my carpeted hotel room in Sept Îles (Canada). Cold with more than 1m of snow outside, I kept suffering jolts with whatever I touched.

My mistake: insisting to stay barefoot inside.
Next morning I happily left to board my vessel bound to Italy.

 

My worst experience was in my carpeted hotel room in Sept Îles (Canada). Cold with more than 1m of snow outside, I kept suffering jolts with whatever I touched.

My mistake: insisting to stay barefoot inside.
Next morning I happily left to board my vessel bound to Italy.

You should have sprayed yourself with Bounce.

 

You should have sprayed yourself with Bounce.

After taking a bath the effect disappeared but, little after, when my hands were again dry I looked like Tesla in the lab, version mini.

And no, no Bounce in the frigobar.

 

Many times, I get a momentary static electricty shock when I try to touch the door-knob in my room. The door knob is embedded in a non-conductive wooden door with no ground paths. So isn't a conducting path required for this static discharge phenomenon?

Thanks in adv and regards

Static electricity shocks typically occur when there is an imbalance of electric charge on the surfaces involved. Even though the door knob is embedded in a non-conductive wooden door, static electricity can still build up on your body or the knob. The lack of a conducting path doesn't prevent static electricity from accumulating.

When you approach the door knob and touch it, the charge difference between you and the knob can discharge, resulting in a static shock. This can happen even in non-conductive environments because static electricity can accumulate on surfaces due to friction or other processes. While conductive paths can help discharge static electricity more easily, it's not a requirement for experiencing a static shock, as the charge can still transfer between two objects with different potentials when they come into contact.