Surely I'm not the only one? Intended out of real curiosity
Also not everyone has access to long stretches of highway with little traffic to do this in a way that doesn't endanger other people
That seems a strange way to characterise breaking the law.
should people in wyoming, with access to long stretches of highway with little traffic, not be able to drive their vehicles in the way they want to because manhattan doesn't have highways and has lots of traffic?
seems to me like you're trying to shame OP and make him feel bad for some reason, but I can't figure out why.
whats your point?
You'd blame the "aggressive" driver doing 80, when it fact this is 99% the fault of the slower driver.
I see slow drivers in the left lane CONSTANTLY, and it irritates me both as someone who drives faster, and someone who understands basic principles of driving and statistics.
If you want to drive slow, fine, go for it, but do it in the right-hand lane.
The amount of traffic collisions and fatalities from speed would be drastically reduced if people in the US just drove like decent people. We have a much higher rate of fatalities than even on the Autobahn, because of people impeding the flow of traffic and generally failing to signal intent before making erratic movements much too slow.
I saw a near collision this weekend when someone in a BMW was driving significantly faster than traffic, and a pickup driver not paying attention ran out of road when the right-lane ended, so he cut off an 18 wheeler in the middle lane. The ~55mph 18 wheeler immediately moved into the left lane... He apparently didn't see or didn't care about the ~85mph BMW and cut him off, so the BMW ended up slamming on the brakes to avoid rear-ending the truck, I could smell the burning rubber from his tires when I caught up to them.
The whole thing could have been avoided if the BMW driver had a little more situational awareness - I saw the pickup's lane was ending while he was alongside the 18 wheeler and was already slowing down since I was afraid it wouldn't end well.
So stop with this b.s. I'd much rather drive on a road with someone drive slower than an asshole who thinks everyone is going to slow. People weaving through traffic, going 80, 90, 100MPH while everyone else is doing 65, are FAR more dangerous, than the elderly driver doing 60 in the far left.
Depends on where you are. If you're on private property or a track (lots of them open to the public), you're only a danger to yourself.
OP didn't say he was on a public roadway when he hit the limiter.
Very few people are in that position and I don't give a crap about their "needs" on the track.
You're being unnecessarily rude and confrontational, which isn't justified despite you thinking you have the moral high ground.
Or, you know, to get where you're going faster. Driving faster adds up over long distances.