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Old 01-20-2012, 11:41 AM   #45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Mythbusters proved drafting saves gas empirically. There are big gains to be had as far back as 100 feet which is starting to get pretty safe as you can then also see all the way up and under the front bumper of the truck. Too bad they didn't do a couple more runs at greater distances to find the edge of the effect.
At 100 feet you only have 1 second to make a decision; that is not even close to "safe".
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