I haven't tried the "surf drafting" yet as most of the highways I traverse are either "trucks stay right except to pass" or are 2 lane only in one direction which creates a complete road block if doing the above.
When I'm on the highway though, I generally can sit about 40 feet behind a truck (well within my
opinion of a safe distance (10ft per 10mph, doing 55, close enough). I jump from 36mpg to an incredible 47-50mpg when drafting and most truckers don't seem to mind, I generally try to gauge by whether they are speeding up to give themselves more distance or if they slow down, etc. You can generally tell how they feel by watching how they react when you "engage" on their draft.
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Originally Posted by Tony Raine
my best "safe drafting" technique so far has been my CB.
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I hava thought about the CB idea, but how do you identify whatever truck you're trying to get a hold of?