[bestclimb]

There is no reasonable expectation to exceed the speed limit. Even if it is a significant % of drivers on the road, even if that is how it is enforced. If they desire to go faster then the PSL onus to "get through" traffic is entirely on them. Having driven on both sides of coin I can see that any frustration I felt at drivers that were "in my way" was entirely misplaced. To defend that frustration by saying that they should get out of the way is asinine. If the speed limit is too low take it to the legislature.

I absolutely have a right to go 55 in a 65, just as someone has a right to do 65 in a 65. Both of us have a reasonable expectation to travel at our selected speeds as both are legal. Again if conditions provide opportunity to pass then it is a non issue. If conditions are not conducive to letting everyone do their own thing a little patients and courtesy on publicly owned and used infrastructure is conducive to smooth traffic flow. Which may mean that some people are going faster than they would prefer and some are going slower. Is the default condition of the roads in America packed to capacity all the time? or is stalwartly sticking to 55 really only problematic for a couple hours each day?

In AK there is a law that if you are driving below the PSL and 5 or more cars are following, you are required to use a pull out to let them pass. So your options are to pull out and let traffic flow, or speed up to the PSL to make the law no longer applicable. It does not mean that I don't have a right to cruse at some speed lower than the PSL it means that I have to be aware of my presence in the traffic flow. If others seem oblivious it does not negate my responsibility.