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OscarTheH0pp t1_iy5hvzd wrote

On public roads? The slip stream is too close for safe driving. It’s only effective at speeds where your following distance should be much higher so you have time to react in an emergency.

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Any-Growth8158 t1_iy5lpnp wrote

Spend the couple extra bucks on the gas and avoid the potential for large bucks to hospitals and insurance companies.

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paulfromatlanta t1_iy5ilm3 wrote

>> public roads ....too close for safe driving

Although not impossible, as my father used to point out by drafting right behind big trucks for 200 miles and getting almost a whole mile per gallon better gas mileage... occasionally it upset the trucker...

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Any-Growth8158 t1_iy5llic wrote

Just because you didn't get in an accident, doesn't mean that it was safe. Trucks may change speeds slower than cars as a general rule, but you can't see what is happening in front of that truck...

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Tashus t1_iy5zkmg wrote

I don't think they made any claims about it being safe. To me they seemed to imply the opposite, but just that their father did it anyway.

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