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I drove a moving van once between to major cities. It was governed not to go over 65. On some two lane roads I would run come upon a slower moving vehicle. If I tried to pass the governor would kick in and make it really dangerous to pass safely. I would have to sit behind the car for a long time going 50 in a 65 before there was a huge gap in oncoming traffic to be able to pass.

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If you are driving a large vehicle that you are not used to or trained for, you should absolutely not be making high speed passes within narrow gaps in traffic.

Also a 15mph difference in speed should be plenty to make a safe pass.

Finally, going 50mph instead of 65mph for 10 minutes only adds 2 minutes 18 seconds to your trip time.

I’m not sure 15mph is necessarily enough to pass. I rarely pass in those passing zones where it’s one lane each way, but I think I kind of gun it for those few seconds… you want to spend as little time as possible in the opposite lane obviously

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