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Shawnaldo7575 t1_iy5z6tk wrote

Slip steam only works well at extremely fast speeds. The distance required to slip stream is too small to be safe for highway driving. You might get some effect behind a transport truck, but not much.

How it works. As the 1st vehicle moves, it is pushing air away from the vehicle. This creates a small pocket of slightly less dense air behind the vehicle. If a 2nd vehicle can follow behind, in that pocket of less dense air, then it has less wind resistance slowing it down, giving it the slip stream advantage.

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