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Wednesday 23 January 2013

ECOFLAPS REDUCING SPRAY

ECOFLAPS REDUCING SPRAY Tube. Duration : 11.58 Mins.


Have you ever been blinded by road spray from a semi-tractor and trailer? You're not alone and you must watch this video to find out how simple it is to make your highways and roads safer. Dangerous truck and trailer road spray greatly increases the chances for serious and even fatal highway truck and car crashes in wet, rainy conditions. Eco-flaps have been proven on the road to vastly increase visibility for both the automobiles around trucks and the truck driver when they look in their mirror to see around their trailer. Although Eco-flaps have added benefits that include reducing fuel usage and increased durability they were originally designed to improve highway safety. For more info or to forward information to your local officials, go to: ecoflaps.com Background on the video: This video was produced to replicate bad things a standard mud flap does to trucks and trailers on the road. It also shows the scientific difference between Eco-flaps, traditional flaps and competitors who have "aero-drag reducing properties and road spray suppression" claims. We are using a carpet drying fan that blows air at about 49 mph. It was the most powerful 120 volt fan available. At faster road speeds the benefits of using Eco-flaps are obviously greater. The flaps are hung from a bar that is connected to a heavy duty drawer slide that offers no measurable sliding resistance. The bar is attached to a digital force pounds meter that is then anchored to a non-moving bar at the back of ...

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