If the highway has two lanes: I get in the left, if possible put my cruise control on 5 mph above the speed limit, and go. If someone comes up behind me, I move over as soon as safely possible. If someone comes up behind me and starts to
tailgate me I slow down to the same speed as the slowest car in the right lane and maintain that speed so the
tailgater is stuck. If
tailgater backs off, I move over when it is safe and let the nitwit pass.
If the highway has three of more lanes: I get in the middle lane, if possible set my cruise control on 5 mph above the speed limit and go. If someone comes up behind me, I mostly ignore them as they should get in the passing lane(s) to my left and pass me if they want to. If they don't, that is their problem. If they want to
tailgate me, I slow down until they stop
tailgating me.
There are occasions when I drive more than 5 mph above the speed limit... when essentially all traffic is going faster. Under such occasions, it is safer to drive with the flow of traffic than pay strict attention to the speed limit.
Rush hour traffic can change some of that
, obviously.
My pet peeves:
Tailgaters, people passing on the right (which is dangerous and stupid), people who don't know how to merge onto a highway (i.e. drive too slow when entering a highway), and people who won't allow others to merge onto the highway.
@psycoskunk Said
This is why I like the Highways in Canada.
I've only driven in Canada a few times, but have found Canadians to be some of the most courteous drivers in the world... and I have driven all over the world (in many countries of Europe, Central & South America, Middle East, Asia, etc.)