10/6 Why is drafting behind semi trucks dangerous? I'm thinking it's not
dangerous because my car's brakes should perform better than the
semi's. So if the semi hard-brakes for whatever reason, my car should
be able to slow down quickly enough. OTOH I think a semi following me
is more dangerous, because if I hard-brake, the semi probably can't
slow down quickly enough.
\_ Trucker is higher than you, and can see danger up ahead, while
blocking YOUR view of the road ahead. He can react. If he reacts,
you have a high risk of getting in an accident. Don't tailgate
big trucks.
\_ Because you can't see around the truck, your reflexes are not
as good as think they are, the truck is wide enough that an
emergency swerve around the truck is harder, and if you it
emergency swerve around the truck is harder, and if you hit
a truck at speed you pretty much go splat.
\_ Truckers hate it when you do this. -son of a Truck Driver
\_ Did your parent explain why? Thx. -- OP
\_ obviously because you are a low visibility
tailgater and are now yet another variable
in their "defensive driving". no doubt also
truckers are irritated when they keep extra
braking distance between themselves and the
car in front and other aggressively cut in
front into the gaps. i have sympathy for
truckers. but not for say people driving other
low-vis vehicles like humvees ... i am a lot
less likely to let one merge in front of me.
\_ Roger that. -TDS
\_ Having seen cars squashed by trucks, I'm not interested in saving
a few gallons.
\_ I totally support drafting behind trunks. FIRST you'll save
a lot of gas and save the environment. SECOND if you die
doing so you'll stop polluting the environment completely
as well as erasing your dumb gene. Go for it. |
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