Aerodynamic Devices/Researcch
Have you noticed semi-truck trailers have been getting different devices in recent years to become more aerodynamic? I read an NPR story about a tail section added to the back of some trucks and th...
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2oldman wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:Very true. All those devices are spit in a bucket compared to slowing down.
You can save a lot more just by slowing down just 2 miles / hour.
Truckers drive as fast as they can get away with. That's the real fuel-sucker.
Company truck drivers don't drive fast anymore.....at least not for long. The company GPS will snitch them off. Neighbors kid is a driver. If they have too many "alerts" they are fired.
We have GPS on our Government cars. If we get too many alerts we get a talking to. If we get way to many alerts we get a pink slip.
Also most companies turn their engines down now days for fuel savings. That is why you see more company trucks grinding up grades now days. 7 or so years ago they would be flying up those grades. Not so much anymore.
I still see a few private truckers hauling A, aaaaaa, going fast. :B
