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paulfromatlanta t1_iy5ilm3 wrote

Reply to comment by OscarTheH0pp in ELI5 How do slipstreams work? by Da_Dokta

>> public roads ....too close for safe driving

Although not impossible, as my father used to point out by drafting right behind big trucks for 200 miles and getting almost a whole mile per gallon better gas mileage... occasionally it upset the trucker...

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Any-Growth8158 t1_iy5llic wrote

Just because you didn't get in an accident, doesn't mean that it was safe. Trucks may change speeds slower than cars as a general rule, but you can't see what is happening in front of that truck...

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Tashus t1_iy5zkmg wrote

I don't think they made any claims about it being safe. To me they seemed to imply the opposite, but just that their father did it anyway.

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