[ben_w]

There is, it's just that we've been doing it for so long that it's gone from being a decorative motif to a boring and ugly background feature of the architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod

The metal shell of most vehicles also protect the occupants from lightning strikes.

[coldtea]

Nothing to be done about the lighting strikes that kill people - exposed, in nature, doing stupid shit during storms.

Not about those in cities averted by lighting rods.

[quickthrowman]

A lightning protection system only protects the building and the equipment attached to it. I suppose you could make an argument that it protects occupants from fires caused by lightning strikes, but it’s there to protect the building and equipment first and foremost.

Fun fact: lightning rods are called air terminals.

[physicsguy]

Sure but most people end up getting killed when walking/hiking across golf courses and fields and things in storms.