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Originally Posted by dledeaux
I've also heard that truckers will get PISSED if they know you're back there. I would be too considering that they are paying for the increase in your mileage. Nothing comes for free in physics.
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Well, some do, and some don't. Some don't mind as long as they know you are back ther, and some hate it.
I have found that you can follow at a safe distance and get a slight mileage increase if you happen to be in the right place at the right time. This means not chassing a truck so you can draft it, but if a truck is going the same speed you want to go and you are close I don't see a reason to not use a bit of their wake to shield your car.
And for the physics, you are not increasing the drag on their vehicle, so their mileage will not decrease, so yes you are getting something for nothing.