Is there a reason to drive 10 miles per hour under the limit?

I just figure that the powers that be have determined the optimum speed for optimum conditions and that the safest thing to do is follow them.

People my think they are saving lives by forcing traffic to move slower than the speed limit, but they are actually increasing the risk for all. There will always be one person that is late or a chronic hotrod that will take risks in passing slow moving traffic that they otherwise would not. Then there is the increased risk of a pile-up. I HATE being in a string of cars on a 2 lane, because your safety is 100% in the hands of every (bored texting) driver in front of you.

If you're so impaired or unhurried that you need 10 miles below the speed limit, pull off once in a while. If you're trying to make a point, you are actually causing additional, needless risk. Then YOU'RE the guy that drives 10 miles under the limit and puts it to the floor when I try to pass!

From where do you come up with all those assumptions?

You are exactly...wrong.

I hate slower-than-the limit drivers for that very reason...I NEVER tailgate, and my aversion to slow drivers stems largely from the fact that I'm paranoid of strings of cars on 2 lane roads. You are at the mercy of every angry father, texting teen and vision impaired elder in front of you. What would have been an odd swerve a bit into the on coming lane suddenly becomes a 6 car pile-up.

I live on a 2 lane highway and probably at least once every week or two, I get behind someone driving 5-15 miles below the limit. When I go to pass, they floor it so I have the choice of breaking and getting back in behind their slow butt, or getting up to, like 80-85 (in a 55) to complete the pass. Probably about every 4th time, they will then tailgate me, just to reinforce the obnoxiousness.

If it is not a recommended speed, then why can you get a ticket for going too slow on the interstate? I care less what they do on the 4-lane...they are not my concern. My safety and getting there on time are.

Ready cause of road rage, I believe.

The speed limit, as virtually everyone knows, is not a recommended speed. It is just what it says, a limit.

I live on a 2 lane highway and probably at least once every week or two, I get behind someone driving 5-15 miles below the limit. When I go to pass, they floor it so I have the choice of breaking and getting back in behind their slow butt, or getting up to, like 80-85 (in a 55) to complete the pass. Probably about every 4th time, they will then tailgate me, just to reinforce the obnoxiousness