Trick is to not give a fuck about how fast other people are going, and cruise at 65mph (105km/h) at a safe distance behind a combination tractor trailer.
You can drive without much stress, because impatient drivers don’t like to be in that spot behind a truck so you are less likely to be cut off. You’ll have plenty of time to react to anything in front, and also be safe in knowing that if there is a pileup ahead, a clear path will be smashed through for you.
Fuel efficiency will even be better in the slip stream.
Unfortunately, to get the benefit of the slip steam, you gotta be pretty close to the back of the truck. If you have space for good reaction time, you’re probably too far back
This is correct, especially at lower speeds. Greater fuel efficiency would come from lower wind and drivetrain resistance and use of a more efficient range of the motor’s powerband.
Most vehicles are geared for optimal speed to fuel consumption around 55-65 mph (90-100 kph) not 70+ mph (110+ kph). So just going a bit under the speed limit can have a significant impact on fuel consumption.
Yep. Like having an NFL running back in front of a high school player running the ball. And with adaptive cruise control, easier than ever these days
Yeah, be at least far enough back be able to see the truck’s side mirrors. 'Can’t speak for all truck drivers of course, but when I’m driving a big vehicle I actually like that someone “has my back” like this. It’s much nicer to have someone trailing me at a safe distance than to have an impatient driver trying to speed me up by traveling too close.
Another benefit to driving the speed limit is that, on average, you are less likely to encounter a driver going slower than you in your lane, vs if you were driving faster. So you end up not changing lanes as often
Poor guy has blue pee
I mean as long as you’re not sitting in the left lane people should leave you alone
the only time you should be going the speed limit anywhere to the left of the furthest right lane is if you’re passing someone who’s going below the speed limit in the rightmost lane
Exactly.
Keep Right Except To Pass.
40 states have “Keep Right” laws. Many of them have “must yield” laws that require slower traffic to move to the right lane if faster traffic approaches from behind. A few states have exceptions where you can use the middle lane temporarily in areas where there is a lot of merging traffic.
There are a shocking number of people that cruise in the center lane slower than prevailing traffic. I don’t get that at all.
Or talking to “conservatives”.
It’s really not about you .
Not only that, a cop will probably pull you over for driving too normal.
