Trucks are generally huge and carry heavy goods.With the result it becomes difficult for the truck drivers to act quickly on roads while driving. Thus the truckers follow up some techniques to avoid mishap and traffic which also provides better fuel economy.
�How can you drive your car like a trucker?
I would like to point out some tips on how do they catch up with the fuel economy.
Driving with load: You would find Trucks with heavy loads crawling slowly when moving up a hill. Its cause they cannot move with the same speed as other vehicles because of the heavy load carried by them. So they crawl when moving up a road, and drive with a little more speed during down hill to compensate the time.
Stopping at the traffic signals: Truckers crawl heavily to reach a traffic signal when they see a traffic signal light ahead of them. But why?� The reason is to clear the traffic in front of them at the time the trucker reaches the signal. Another thing is, its very difficult to start a truck from the dead stop, so the truckers avoid a complete halt before the signals.
Try sticking to the right lane unless a heavy traffic arrives. Choose the least path of resistance to avoid most of the acceleration and deceleration.
So what else? You can follow these and see how you can save fuel and improve the gas mileage.
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