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Originally Posted by Blue07CivicEX
Can you draft other trucks safely? I've seen convoys of 2-3-4 trucks driving together around 5 car lengths apart not sure if they do it for company or whether they are trying to draft, seems like it'd help all the trucks involved if they took turns trading spots but I don't know how safely you'd be able to do it if something happened with one of the trucks.
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No, you can't, especially not heavy trucks.
The drivers that do are usually doing it out of habit and have never been bitten by it. Alot do it because they're impatient. I guarantee O% of them are thinking fuel mileage. Years ago, I drafted another truck just using the NASCAR rule to see if while on cruise, the lack of resistance helped me gain on a truck that just passed me. It did for a second or two, but none of my other driving habits were geared toward saving fuel.
5 years ago I had a rear end collision. Luckily in the grand scheme of things, It was minor. It did take me several years to get where my a__h__ didn't draw up every time I saw brake lights 1/2 a mile ahead. lol.