# Something to think about following a semi-trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312 "2013-03-15T06:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/1 "2013-03-15T06:45:16Z")
[https://youtu.be/C3MPKLy9qHU](https://youtu.be/C3MPKLy9qHU) ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/2 "2013-03-15T06:46:41Z")
Saw this on reddit yesterday. I usually drive as close to them as possible… really helps my MPG. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/3 "2013-03-15T06:48:44Z")
> [@Jimshorts](#): > > Saw this on reddit yesterday. I usually drive as close to them as possible… really helps my MPG. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/4 "2013-03-15T06:54:24Z")
![http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/15/ynuhetej.jpg](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/15/ynuhetej.jpg) This is why you ride under them. Didn’t you guys learn anything from Fast and the Furious movies? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/5 "2013-03-15T07:01:53Z")
This is why I drive an SUV :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/6 "2013-03-15T10:32:06Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > This is why I drive an SUV :tup: Just don’t be stupid and you won’t have said issue. I’m sure an SUV would still result in a shitty day if you hit it hard enough. I can’t imagine being so fucking stupid that a semi out brakes me and I hit it. Or don’t see it and I hit a stopped semi. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/7 "2013-03-15T11:05:41Z")
Lesson of the day: Make sure you are following DIRECTLY behind the semi to avoid death and maximize slipstream-induced mpg. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/8 "2013-03-15T11:33:04Z")
I have the reflexes of a cat so this is meaningless for me. ---
**Author:** ![seth13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/seth13/32/8038_2.png) [@seth13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/seth13)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/9 "2013-03-15T11:47:38Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > I have the reflexes of a cat so this is meaningless for me. :tup: those crashes were brutal though. interesting to watch for sure ---
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/10 "2013-03-15T11:48:47Z")
Impact force is based on the speed differential. Draft properly folks. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/11 "2013-03-15T13:27:08Z")
![http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s30AH47K8.fzw21Wimy62Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://mit.zenfs.com/852/2013/03/smushveti2.jpg](http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s30AH47K8.fzw21Wimy62Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://mit.zenfs.com/852/2013/03/smushveti2.jpg) ---------- Post added at 04:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:26 PM ---------- Lucky bastard ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/12 "2013-03-15T13:39:52Z")
Was that a Corvette? ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/13 "2013-03-15T13:57:58Z")
> [@08GT500](#): > > Was that a Corvette? appears to be. ---
**Author:** ![JBGTI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jbgti/32/7463_2.png) [@JBGTI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JBGTI)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/14 "2013-03-15T14:42:28Z")
LOWER IT! ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/15 "2013-03-15T14:42:46Z")
i’m just glad that testing like this is done at all. +1 to humans that do things that help other humans. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/16 "2013-03-15T14:48:16Z")
My friend and his wife passed away in an accident like this. Closed casket. I give semis all the space they need. ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/17 "2013-03-15T15:14:40Z")
years ago before my turbo SHO was turbo I almost slammed into a semi in a construction zone. I remember watching that bar on the trailer go way up my hood but because my car was low and I was 100% brake I never made contact with it. I was shitting bricks after that moment, and have never put myself in a situation like that since. This was probably in 2004 i would guess. it was never a thought in my mind that the A pillars would have been the first significant contact point then my face. I just want to point out that they crash a lot of chevys to make that video. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/18 "2013-03-15T15:19:56Z")
This is why I own a Miata. Pure reason. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/19 "2013-03-15T15:57:34Z")
Checkout the bolts snap at 1:20. I almost had a Honda go under my truck last Saturday on 219 but he swerved at the very last second. ---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 PM ---------- Typically if you hit the side you will be swerving at an angle which would totally change the impact. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312/20 "2013-03-15T19:36:01Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > Lucky bastard I don’t know if I’d go so far as to call him a lucky bastard. Look where the bar is. Right in line with his body. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-to-think-about-following-a-semi-trailer/229312.md?page=2)