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Originally Posted by hamsterpower
good theory but....
This only works when the "Others" smoothly merge around us. In my experience most drivers race up to my bumper, get mad, make an obscene gesture, pass wildly while making more gestures and cursing, and ultimately burning far more gas than I'm saving. This happens even when there are no cars in the passing lane to keep my gesturing friend from passing smoothly. Go figure?
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When I slow down and treat the speed limit as an upper limit I am constantly passed by people driving faster and they all smoothly flow around me. I have not had a single person make gestures and curse, and only a tiny handful stomp on the gas and "pass wildly".
Really, the only times I can remember people getting pissed off and honking, swearing, etc is when someone drives real slow in the left lane rather than the right. And somewhat rightly so; it's not your job to police other people's speed. Driving slow in the left lane is just as unlawful as speeding is.