You’re a frikken nutcase. You actually believe people should speed or get off the road? The law you cites is for people driving below the minimum or in a farm implement. I bet you tailgate every car in front of you no matter how fast they are going.
No, I do not tailgate everyone - that would be following too closely and would be a bad idea. Tailgating and going the prevailing speed are two totally different things.
The thing is, I have been present three times (in three different states) where people have been ticketed for obstructing traffic even though they were under the legal limit and above the minimum speed limit. So, yes, if you are obstructing the flow of traffic, you need to speed up or get out of the way.
I don’t know if you are aware that in several states, the highway speed limit is set considerably below the optimal speed for safety and traffic flow for revenue and other non-safety reasons. In fact, the 55mph National Maximum Speed Law was an utter failure at its stated purpose and many states have quiet little end runs around it. In some states, if you challenge a speeding ticket, you can have it thrown out if you were at or below the surveyed 85th percentile speed for that road - even if that speed is higher than the posted limit.
Spktyr’s not a nutcase, he’s correct.
As an example, on the south side of Chicago (South end of the loop if I remember correctly) the posted speed limit is 45 mph. Average traffic flow speed is 65 MPH. If you are going 45 you are a traffic hazard and need to be removed.
Another good example is I-65 between Indy and Chicago. Posted speed limit was 65 (Might be 70 now) and traffic flows about 10 mph faster. Including the police and State troopers. Keep up with traffic and you have no problem. Go the speed limit and you impede traffic behind you for miles.
Slow drivers on the interstate cause more accidents than fast drivers.
You have to keep up with the flow of traffic.