The deal is Henry :
When you're well & truly drafting , you're so close that by the time you respond to his brake lights going on , you've already hit his back bumper.....
As a matter of fact , I have occasionally drafted , on my 1994 Ural Tourist 650 Moto it struggles going over steep freeway grades like The GrapeVine etc. so if I see a Cal Trans truck , I'll usually get right on his left rear corner where I can see him looking at me in his mirror ~ if he gets upset or waves me off I back right off but usually they watch me for a moment then continue zizzing over the mountain @ 75 MPH , me drafting along with them .
Back in the day folks would call on OTR Truckers on the CB Radio and ask permission then get 1' off the back bumper , shift into neutral and be dragged halfway across America .
No matter what you do , drafting is EXTREMELY dangerous .
-Nate
Henry wrote :
seems, though, you'd be hard pressed to find a truck that could "stop
suddenly" enough to be hit by our cars, stopping distances and all. It'd
be human error, if it happened, IMO.
Henry
suddenly" enough to be hit by our cars, stopping distances and all. It'd
be human error, if it happened, IMO.
Henry
On 7/1/2014 6:24 AM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
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> You DIE.
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> -Nate
> Max Pondered :
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> What happens when the truckers stop very suddenly? Max
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> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Lawrence Rhodes primobassoon@...
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> <mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> Drafting behind trucks using the 2 second rule improves fuel
> economy. I used 7.5 gallons to go 200 miles. Lawrence Rhodes
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