[ShadeTreeMech]

I suppose what I was trying to infer was not that I was picking on the lady on the moped; I realize they have a limited top speed. to be quite honest, there are also likely no other routes she could have taken. And it's not like I had to slam on my brakes, I saw her ahead of me about 10 seconds before I would have hit her. Its just that it got me to thinking.

When driving up to Lead Hill, I have to go down a 2 lane road for about 40 miles. Due to the constant turns and hills there are only a handful of passing zones and no 3 lane stretches. If I had a dollar everytime I got stuck behind someone going under the posted limit, I'd be well off. And despite my attempts at behaving myself, I get agitated. It happens quite a bit out here, as not everyone is accustomed to driving the speed limit around the twists and turns. Think of the Ozarks as a very large Gran Prix circuit and you'll catch my drift.

I suppose consideration for other drivers is the major concern here. If someone wants to go slow, fine, let them do it on their own time. Same with me. When I manage to behave myself, I'll drive under the limit, especially in my van. About 45-50 I can stay in top gear and cruise to town no problem. But I always keep an eye on my 6 for oncoming traffic.

BTW if you ever come to the Ozarks, if you're not going 5-10 over the limit, you'll be impeding traffic. So when I'm going 45 in a 55, I'm really going about 15 under what others on the road will likely be doing.

To comptiger5000, I think you may be right about the TC thing in third. I'll check into it. I know my tranny will stay in 4th locked down to about 38 mph before downshifting if I'm really nice to it. My Explorer I had a switch to manually lock it up once I got into 3rd, otherwise I'd have a hard time keeping it in high gear and locked while going around 40.