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I’m not defending people who block the fast lane and I’m not criticizing people who drive fast. Some fast drivers are very good drivers. I’m just saying please don’t tail-gate, for whatever reason your momentary anxiety might convince you is a good reason.

I am guilty of “using” tail-gaters to get a slow person out of my way. Let’s say I’m going 65 in the fast lane because all the cars in the slow lane are going 55 (just an example).

Then I come upon someone who is going 60 in the fast lane and not moving over.

I move right over to the right and let one of the tail-gaters (I only have to wait about 5 seconds) get rid of the person blocking. They do it by getting right on the person’s bumper, something I could never do in a million years.

Then the lane is clear again and I can speed back up.

And yes, if an 80mph person gets behind me when I’m doing 70mph, I move right over and let him pass. It’s not my job to enforce the speeding laws.

I’m just saying please don’t tail-gate, for whatever reason your momentary anxiety might convince you is a good reason.

I probably should clarify that I VERY RARELY tailgate on all these two lane roads. I consider it a sign of immaturity - usually. What I do is PASS them. But some of them like to play games. Their speed is 60+ in the passing zones and then drops to 45 in the twisties. It’s why I’ve learned to pass them in the passing zones regardless of their speed.

Now, not all of them are playing games. Some are just really unskilled drivers afraid of corners. I get that. But some are OBVIOUSLY playing games - especially when they speed up when you are trying to pass. ;-)

I see other cars not as someONE to antagonize. I see them simply as someTHING to get around. As quickly, efficiently and safely as possible. I don’t want to antagonize their operator by needlessly tailgating. There is no point. I’m quote malevolent about it. I almost had a bumper sticker made up “To me, you are a pylon”, but decided it would be a ticket magnet.

The most dangerous thing about the public roads is the disparity in driving skills and driving motives. If you think the other drivers have the same skills and temperament as you it could cost you your life.

And yes, if an 80mph person gets behind me when I’m doing 70mph, I move right over and let him pass. It’s not my job to enforce the speeding laws.

This is me too. And often I then follow them a couple hundred yards back and use them as a radar screen. :-)

Side story: Here in KY, the way people tend to drive badly is that they don’t use turn signals. When I lived in Seattle (drove there for 37 years) the MO was to camp out in the passing lane at the speed limit or lower. The proof is in an experience I had in central Montana.

We were coming back from a wedding on I-90 a few dozen miles west of billings and we, and a couple of other cars, were averaging around 95. We’d come upon cars doing 70 in the passing lane and most of them would pull over for us, but five didn’t and we all eventually passed them on the right.

Of those five cars, four had Washington state plates. It was high comedy. :-D