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Why did older cars have earth ground straps?

If you have been on the planet for a while, you can remember when cars trucks and especially cop cars had two straps hanging down from the back touching the road.
Now I know fuel trks use specially made tires to ground to the road, and aircraft hook a ground up B4 fueling.
That is understandable.
But back in the day, lots of cars dragged straps.
Now do I need little steel taps for the shoes I wear....remember those?
Or more importantly, do I need ground straps?
Next month we can discuss why flat ground straps are used.
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