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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
The main argument is that people trying to go faster than the flow of traffic disrupt the flow more than the slowpokes, who on congested roads tend to be trying to deal with exits and whatnot.
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Can't see that myself, though I'll grant that it may be different in really congested urban areas. From what I see, though, it's the slowpokes that cause tailbacks: the ones who slow to gawk at accidents, or who can't go through an interchange ramp at more than a crawl - "Omigawd, Maud, it curves!"
The other thing is dealing with people's expectations. Driving a familiar route, you know what the speed limits are supposed to be, so you don't bother to look at the signs.