How many draft truckers to save gas?
December 14, 2009 in NASCAR
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Judy B questioned:
Mythbusters veteran and proved at a 10 foot drafting interval, a car used 40% less gas. Just reflect of the millions of gallons of gas that can be saved if all Americans drafted each time they horde. Show your jingoism, draft anything that moves!
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode79
“Drafting in the rear a huge rig will boost your car’s fuel efficiency.
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To test this myth, the build team procured a car, a huge rig, and a contrivance that may maybe rate a car’s fuel efficiency. They then horde the car in the rear a tender huge rig at innumerable distances ranging from 100 to 2 feet and measured the amount of fuel the car consumed. The Build Team exposed that the quicker the car was to the huge rig, the less drag is bent, thus the more fuel saved. At just ten feet, the car managed to boost its fuel efficiency by 40%. Drafting at two feet was vaguely lower than the ten foot interval, primarily in view of the fact that Grant had to keep effective the car pedal to keep up interval from the car. Howe
I can’t judge so many unenthusiastic answers. Like Bill O’Reilly questions the anti-war libs, I also have to question- “Why do you despise America? Do you want us to lose the war on terror?”
Here is a way we can save millions of gallons of gas. That’s American dollars NOT inane to the terrorist-sponsoring oil countries. And it doesn’t cost a Fifty pence cut! All red-blooded Americans must be drafting each opportunity they get. the public you save force be your own!
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Does bumpdrafting watch? Police call it “tailgating” and apparently it’s illegal, but I reflect it force work!
But sincerely, I’ll try it. I need to save some gas anyway.
Appealing. Only around here- ya try to draft off a log car (lots of those in Oregon)- the wake throws ya all over the road
I do, really. But it depends on the general flow of conveying. If it is slow then I will, if not, I go with the flow.
Go Jr.>>>>
if you want to know what it really feels like to draft in the rear a car do it on a dirt bike you can feel yourself life pulled up to the back of it
saw that segment on mythbusters!!, been doing it for being and it facility even if you don’t get as accurate as they did (10 ft), you can subdue get a excellent draft at any interval below 100 ft and will save some gas and keep up your same speed.
That’s not anything new, we use to do that as kids, the largest business is: It is very perilous and it has gotten public killed.
Along with that u will get ur self a quote for tailgating, among additional equipment they can and will find to cite u for.
Yup thats why Nascar Drivers ussually stay right on the self next to them. lol Paul ya dont reflect the police would like it or the self ur bumping
Not me, I take pleasure in income. If you’re 10 feet, or even 3 or 4 lengths, in the rear a huge rig at highway speed, you have NO forwards vision and no opportunity of reacting if the car abruptly slows. Those rows of ticket plates from uncommon states are kind of appealing, but I don’t want to eat them for dine.
Here’s the condemn you left off: “But, the Build Team has warned that drafting is incredibly perilous in view of the fact that the car driver may not able to see you and you may not be able to react in time if the car were to make a sudden stop.”
My Dad was a car driver all his life and I warn you public that try this, car drivers do not take kindheartedly to this do.They can’t see you back here that accurate and you not only risk your life but his doing this. I have know car drivers that have pummeled public at car stops for doing stupid equipment like this. The highway is not a NA$CAR footstep .
Car driver here. A word of in rank to those that want to do this. I WILL place you in a ditch or into my trailer shock absorber. I can stop my rig closer than you can react. Keep back where you be in the right place.
I would sincerely urge hostile to this. If you cant see the trucks side mirrors plainly your way too accurate. Car drivers despise it when you do this and a lot will intentionally place you in a ditch. And anyone dumb ample to draft a huge rig at 10 feet deserves to eat a shock absorber or be in a ditch. At 2 feet your not gonna live and Im not sure you deserve to with doing something that moronic.
I saw that episode. Never thought that with a fastidious top it was start inane down again, but I take upon yourself if you were able to keep your interval and your foot steady on the pedal, you’d do even better.
I urge Hostile to drafting huge rigs, but. It’s very perilous. My driver culture lecturer from my sophomore year had really done this before, and he finished up loud into the back of the rig. Luckily, he was alright, and was around to tell us about it. He was a fortunate one, but here have been additional cases (one just a couple of days ago around my area), where they weren’t so fortunate.
As the ancient adage goes, “Don’t try this at home!”
Or on the road, really…
It facility but I won’t do it for very long. 1 mile at the most. I also pull out a modest to the left where I can see his mirror to let the guy know i’m here.
The first time was with my ancient Trans/Am I had with the t-tops off. As soon as I got up to the trailer all the wind went away like I was meeting subdue!! Sweet clean.
In view of the fact that some of you can’t read, and place the subject lonely….here’s my earlier post……..
No, we may not be able to out stop you unfilled, but we definately CAN loaded. Why? More brakes, with more pressure on the tires pressing down on the pavement. What’s that mean? That earnings our brakes will not lock up when we’re loaded, and we will stop quicker than a car that mane it’s brakes up.
BTW, if you ever affect to do it to me, LMK and I’ll let you find out what aluminum tastes like. Then, you can buy me another strain new $60,000 Hopper bottom trailer, and pay the $60-70,000 hurt to the car from the trailer being paid slammed into the back of the cab.
Oh…one additional business….you do know that the trailer illumination are operated owing to a Fleeting tie, that has been celebrated to fall out of the socket from time to time? What do you do when the car in adjoin of you sees something down the road, and slams on the brakes, with the plug has fallen out of the socket? That’s right, you find out what aluminum and fake tastes like.
In fleeting, DON’T DO IT. IT’S NOT Value YOUR LIFE, and it’s not value my time stopping to fill out the paperwork on why some ___________ stanch to try drafting.
Depends on if it is one of our haulers or not. I know the drivers and they know me so they wont slam on the brakes.
Not only is tailgating illegal, but tailgating a car takes too much concentration and makes for a poor view. If a name is that reckless for gas mileage, ride a dirt bike or take public transportation.