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Originally Posted by SentraSE-R
As for going the limit, it's a maximum limit. A single hypermiler doesn't slow traffic any more than any slow moving truck out there, and there are plenty of those. FWIW, most traffic is already illegally exceeding the limit, and should be slowed down - if not by hypermilers, then by law enforcement. They don't have a right to speed.
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That may be true legally, but the speed limits are (supposedly) tailored to the particular road. Sometimes they'll set the limit based on the speed some percentile of drivers use. Exercise your right to go below the speed limit in the midst of a lot of other drivers and you are obstructing traffic and reducing other peoples' efficiency. A 40000lb dump truck has no choice.
I can understand going slower than the flow if you're sticking to the speed limit, because you might have moral or legal reasons for not going over.
If you aren't blocking anybody, feel free to go 62. Sometimes I drive 60 in a 65 in the middle of the night on an empty highway.