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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike
If there's a group of hypermilers, how about have at least one in each lane driving at the limit such that it is impossible to pass? I remember reading about a group actually doing that and video recording the results.
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I've done a "staggered formation" setup with some friends before, just to see what happened. Guess what? Every driver on the road turned into Tony Freakin' Stewart, weaving around us all like morons, flooring it to get into the other lane, then braking heavily as they approached the rear of the next car in that lane, then flooring it to change lanes again, etc.
Me, on the other hand, when people used to block the highway and go slower than the speed limit, I'd just pass them on the shoulder, usually in third gear, high RPM, as smoothly as though I'd just executed a normal pass under normal circumstances. They normally figure out that I'm passing on the shoulder, and end up swerving toward their "friend" to avoid the perceived accident situation. Often, in the rear view mirror, I see that afterward, they decide that they should fall in line like everyone else, and stop blocking traffic.
I don't feel like it's unsafe to travel in the left lane slower than everyone else, especially after traffic builds up. I do feel that it's completely discourteous, though.