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I'm surprised that the author didn't mention or try to draft. As Mythbusters showed, drafting can save quite a bit of fuel, might have been a better idea than t

I'm surprised that the author didn't mention or try to draft. As Mythbusters showed, drafting can save quite a bit of fuel, might have been a better idea than trying to pass the trucks. "drafting behind an 18-wheeler truck was tested and results showed that traveling 100 feet (30 m) behind the truck increased overall mpg efficiency by 11%. Traveling 10 feet (3.0 m) behind the truck produced a 39% gain in efficiency" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafting_%28racing%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafting_%28racing%29

rbobby 12y ago
And is very dangerous. People always forget the dangerous part.
- bennyg 12y ago
  Exactly. A tap of the brakes at 70mph means a fraction of a second to match or best that at 10 feet distance. You're gonna' die if you try that.
  - omegaworks 12y ago
    This looks like a nice use case for partial robot control.
    - anko 12y ago
      like volvo? http://www.sartre-project.eu/en/Sidor/default.aspx http://www.sartre-project.eu/en/Sidor/default.aspx