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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1233189" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>You are correct that you can't "cure" the turbulent air that exists behind other vehicles, especially big trucks. No amount of windshield angling is going to do that. And one thing that I have noticed on the interstate is that the turbulence builds up throughout the day as truck traffic builds, to the point that you don't even have to be directly behind a truck to be in relatively turbulent air.</p><p></p><p>What increasing the angle of the windshield does is reduce the turbulence that the shield itself creates, which only adds to and focuses that truck turbulence at your head, causing buffeting. So yes, it is a little better in that regard.</p><p></p><p>It also allow you to put the shield down low enough that the wind blast off the top of the shield hits you in the chest instead of the head, which is real handy on days like yesterday when the mercury hit 90 in New England for the first time this season. With your head up in the un-faired wind the turbulence from trucks has less effect on your noggin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1233189, member: 3828"] You are correct that you can't "cure" the turbulent air that exists behind other vehicles, especially big trucks. No amount of windshield angling is going to do that. And one thing that I have noticed on the interstate is that the turbulence builds up throughout the day as truck traffic builds, to the point that you don't even have to be directly behind a truck to be in relatively turbulent air. What increasing the angle of the windshield does is reduce the turbulence that the shield itself creates, which only adds to and focuses that truck turbulence at your head, causing buffeting. So yes, it is a little better in that regard. It also allow you to put the shield down low enough that the wind blast off the top of the shield hits you in the chest instead of the head, which is real handy on days like yesterday when the mercury hit 90 in New England for the first time this season. With your head up in the un-faired wind the turbulence from trucks has less effect on your noggin. [/QUOTE]
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