 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not in Pontrhydyfen they won't.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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https://www.roadpol.eu/
is intended to reduce the number of fatal traffic accidents.
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Just close the Belgian border, job done 
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Is that why Belgian drivers drive so close on the E40? So the number plates are obscured by the car in front and behind, so the speed camera or traffic cop can't issue a ticket?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@andy, I recall a while back coming across people (French, IIRC) who would refer to this phenomenon as 'drafting', and genuinely believed that speeding down the autoroutes in close convoy of three or four cars doing 140 kph almost touching would save money on fuel. Which technically is true, compared with doing 140ph on your own, except that the additional losses from sudden reactive braking will far outweigh any fuel saving, and that you could save a lot more by just driving at 130 instead, or 110.
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@Chaletbeauroc, I find they do this much more in Italy. I'm working on the idea of big rubber bumbers and powerful magnets so I can attach to the car in front. This will save even more fuel. As the driver of the car in front will look directly through my winscreens they will not even know I'm there (but, perhaps, wonder who is sitting in the back seat)
I did notice that on a motorbike I could draft big lorries from quite a long way back and hence could save a lot on fuel which was particularly useful once I'd gone onto reserve. Motorbikes have very poor aerodynamics and you could actually feel the pull of the lorry.
@andy, the English method of putting on false plates is easier.
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Italy is slightly different, at least around the Rome area, especially around the GRA. It's well known there that every driver only needs to take care of the front of their car and one side of the car. As long as everyone cooperates, then the other side and rear of everyone's cars are safe as a result, by default 
You can drive as close as you want, just don't rear end them.
The only time you need to concentrate on what's behind is if it is a Ferrari. Then you let them past so that you can admire them in front, rather than via the rear view mirror.
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