is it better to go with the flow on the hwy?

[Matt Timion]

Originally Posted by rh77

You may be onto something here. Is the fuel savings significant enough to conduct an official "experiment" here folks?

RH77

My only concern on this one is safety. Insight drivers get right behind Semi trucks and draft off of them. That scares me. I'm not certain I'd be willing to do something like that. I also like having space to the left and right of me in the event I have to change lanes suddenly. Driving in a V-pattern might prevent it.

Something like this would be very difficult to control as well. Person A might be "bird drafting" (my word for driving in the v-shape) off of a Hummer, and person B might be bird drafting off of a semi. Person C might be doing it off of a Excursion. Results are going to vary quickly.

I would be interested in anyone's results using a scangauge however, as it allows you do bird draft for a minute or two and see if your instant mpgs increase or not.