ELIF: How does drafting work? Is it possible for humans to run behind a large vehicle that’s traveling at speeds faster than they are capable of reaching?
In: Physics
drafting creates a vacuum effect behind whatever it is that is moving, the wider the back side the stronger the effect, same for speed of the moving thing. you would have to be able to catch up to the speeding thing before getting caught in that vacuum, or be able to maintain speed with the thing until it goes fast enough to make a good enough vacuum. a human cant run fast enough to take advantage of drafting. if you drop a human behind a thing going fast enough to make a usable vacuum for drafting, they wouldnt be able to move their legs fast enough to keep up and the draft would probably effect them just enough to make them tumble for longer after they fall. [a person on a bike can do it](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/41mh2p/cyclist_drafting_behind_a_truck_at_50_mph/)
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