I can't recall what race car driver said this, but he was asked if he sped in his own cars when driving around.
He laughed and replied "I only speed when I know the conditions of the road, the quality/reliability of my vehicle, and when I'm surrounded by professionals that I can trust at such speeds.
When I'm driving the freeway, I am surrounded by people at various skill and attention levels when it comes to driving; and my life is not worth risking giving them enough trust to drive faster than is safe for city roads."
I will say I do use the left lane, I rarely go over 110 and I do move out of the way of the faster drivers.
I just don't think a few mins of saved time is worth risking life/limb of myself or others on the road. The simple fact is speed does increase the risk, but so is not following proper distances, unsafe lane changes, bad tires, bad eyesight, bad habbits, bad visibility, etc..
You have to just be a very attentive driver, constantly looking at your mirrors and being aware of your surroundings. Its sad that people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car, psychologists have great fun studying this behavior, as when we are surrounded by all that steel so many people turn into complete asshats.
When in truth, those yelling at people to driver faster, change lanes, etc.. Are often drivers who have terrible habbits and issues that they would never admit to.
They are always perfect drivers in their own minds, while everyone else is the bad driver. If nothing its facinating to see people behaving so badly when behind the wheels, at least from a psychological point of view.
Maybe people should listen to calming music as they drive
