TAILGATING COULD BE ANSWER TO POLLUTION TROUBLE
July 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE
TAILGATING may actually be the answer to solving some air pollution woes in large congested cities, claims recent research published in the International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.
Scientists at India's Jadavpur University have found that using safe automated tailgating or "platooning" whereby sensors and cruise control keep vehicles just one metre apart, reduces engine use and hence exhaust emissions, because cars travel in each other's slipstream. Cars at the back of a queue have the least air drag.
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TAILGATING may actually be the answer to solving some air pollution woes in large congested cities, claims recent research published in the International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.
Scientists at India's Jadavpur University have found that using safe automated tailgating or "platooning" whereby sensors and cruise control keep vehicles just one metre apart, reduces engine use and hence exhaust emissions, because cars travel in each other's slipstream. Cars at the back of a queue have the least air drag.
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