Chuck
11-29-2009, 08:15 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg So is drafting being reconsidered? (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=243601)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/506/e_convoy2.jpg
Chuck Thomas - CleanMPG (http://www.cleanmpg.com/) - Nov 29, 2009
I was in utter disbelief when I read this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8349923.stm).
Back in 2008 when hypermiling was in the news, hundreds of articles misrepresented this driving as tailgating semis. In an era of fewer print journalists and more blogsters, there was a copycat factor of blindly cutting and pasting the drafting myth. Also, we had more than occasional instances of writers intentionally discrediting hypermiling - even the AAA made a statement condemning hypermiling - we responded (http://www.cleanmpg.com/cmps_index.php?page=AAA). Mythbusters had an episode on this (http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/28/mythbusters-drafting-10-feet-behind-a-big-rig-will-improve-mile/). I'm sure tailgating semis by hypermilers was slightly more frequent than UFO, Loch Ness, and Elvis sightings.
So is the concept of drafting in traffic dead, buried, damnatio memoriae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae)?
No - it's back as an EU-funded project known as Safe Road Trains for the Environment or SARTRE. Just knowning the acronymn honors the French philosopher who was also a Marxist makes this a Communist plot. :p Seriously, there will be trials for three years in the UK, Sweden and Spain. All vehicles in this trial will be wired with sensors and software to safely allow tailgating in a convoy. The convoy will be led by a professional driver in a truck, bus, or taxi - the "train" will have up to eight vehicles on autopilot (except the truck). Cars can join and depart like they would in a bus. Isn't this the destructive conformity or "bad faith" Jean-Paul Sartre spoke against?
Not only is fuel economy expected to be improved by 20%, traffic will be improved, accidents reduced, no infrastructure will be required.
And I thought drafting was too taboo.
http://www.youtube.com/v/JlNXzlVroPY&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/506/e_convoy2.jpg
Chuck Thomas - CleanMPG (http://www.cleanmpg.com/) - Nov 29, 2009
I was in utter disbelief when I read this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8349923.stm).
Back in 2008 when hypermiling was in the news, hundreds of articles misrepresented this driving as tailgating semis. In an era of fewer print journalists and more blogsters, there was a copycat factor of blindly cutting and pasting the drafting myth. Also, we had more than occasional instances of writers intentionally discrediting hypermiling - even the AAA made a statement condemning hypermiling - we responded (http://www.cleanmpg.com/cmps_index.php?page=AAA). Mythbusters had an episode on this (http://green.autoblog.com/2007/10/28/mythbusters-drafting-10-feet-behind-a-big-rig-will-improve-mile/). I'm sure tailgating semis by hypermilers was slightly more frequent than UFO, Loch Ness, and Elvis sightings.
So is the concept of drafting in traffic dead, buried, damnatio memoriae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae)?
No - it's back as an EU-funded project known as Safe Road Trains for the Environment or SARTRE. Just knowning the acronymn honors the French philosopher who was also a Marxist makes this a Communist plot. :p Seriously, there will be trials for three years in the UK, Sweden and Spain. All vehicles in this trial will be wired with sensors and software to safely allow tailgating in a convoy. The convoy will be led by a professional driver in a truck, bus, or taxi - the "train" will have up to eight vehicles on autopilot (except the truck). Cars can join and depart like they would in a bus. Isn't this the destructive conformity or "bad faith" Jean-Paul Sartre spoke against?
Not only is fuel economy expected to be improved by 20%, traffic will be improved, accidents reduced, no infrastructure will be required.
And I thought drafting was too taboo.
http://www.youtube.com/v/JlNXzlVroPY&hl=en_US&fs=1&