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specta wrote:
If the speed limit is 65 and you're going 50-55 mph you're holding up traffic and being inconsiderate to others who don't want to travel as slow as you do. That's why there's always a line of cars behind you.
Move it.
If the speed limit is 65 on a 2 lane road, (normal for most of the area I travel) and I want to cruse at 60-62 (Normal now in my pickup when pulling camper, and most times when I was working in my Pete) and I come up behind somebody doing 55 I feel I have a choice; Change my speed expectation, hang back far enough somebody that passes me has room to drop back in line and drop extra speed until next chance to pass. Or I can drop back, then wind up, gaining on them as we go up hill and hope when I crest I can see a open space to pass. If no room, back off to let next in line have his chance to get past me. The second option hurts fuel mileage, the second is more likely to hurt my schedule. Now, the schedule is rarely important, but when I was working choosing was most important. If it looked like a farmer or trade vehicle, not likely to go very far. A RV? Better pass at first chance.
Now do I think the 55 is blocking my highway, needs to speed up or get off the road? No. The 1 I have the issue with is the donkey that pulls up a few seconds behind 55 and rides along, will not take the chance to pass. To pass a car running 55, you are likely to hit close to 75. If there is a second car at the same speed you have to get around then drop speed in the space between. If you are 2nd in line, and do not allow that space, the only way anybody can pass is take 2 at a time. Lots of speed and big gap in oncoming traffic. The second driver is the 1 I think needs off the road.
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