Driving with little following distance to the truck in front of you may seem dangerous today, but in the future, it will likely be just the opposite. Thanks to a new wave of technology intended to make trucks safer—such as radar, cameras and reflective light scanning—pairs of trucks will soon be driving on the road at a distance that before would not have been possible. So why is this a good thing? Because air flows more smoothly when one truck is tucked behind another, saving fuel and money.
Soon it may be normal and safe for transportation trucks to tailgate each other
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