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jmra wrote:
Slow traffic in the left hand lane is much more dangerous than a speeder on an open road. 97 year old ladies are often more dangerous than teens.

I think it is degrees of the same risk. Personally, I'll take being around old lady drivers over teens just about any time. I find old lady dumb moves to be much more predictable. Teens, especially a bunch of young girls in a car is about as unpredictable as it gets.

It is assumed that someone who is speeding on an open road is paying more attention. That hasn't been my experience. Many speeders are clearly driving faster their recognition zone which means that they are 100% at risk to whatever is just beyond it. They lack the means to respond in time to anything. While driving the RV, I have to open my recognition zone up a lot because it just won't stop or maneuver as fast as a passenger car. I've see a lot of near misses with speeders as they came up on completely legal situations and didn't have time to react. Crashes at those speeds always seem to be worse.

Oldgringo wrote: all around. In our wanderings, we avoid interstates if any way reasonably possible.

We do the same. We drove from the Dallas area to Rapid City, SD last Summer and used 2 lane roads wherever possible. Some of that was much better than others. In OK many of the 2 lane roads boarder on suicidal for a large RV. In Kansas and Nebraska, it was a much different story.

I do not want anyone who wants to go faster than I'm driving behind me. I'll do anything that I can to allow them to get in front of me. If the road is clear, I put my right turn signal on, get as far off the 2 lane road as I can and stop if necessary to let them by.

I've also had the opposite - people who just would not pass. On a 4 lane highway, with noone else visible a 1/4 mile in front or behind, I've has some "splendid person" perched right behind my towed car. Usually, I slow a little and turn my flashers on. Sometimes that works. On one trip, I signaled a lane change then moved to the inner lane (again - no other vehicle is in sight) and then slowed and put my flashers on - 8 times. I've had people follow me even then. When someone follows you through lane changes and continues to tailgate, they are seriously messed up and I want as far from them as I can get. Outrunning them just isn't one of my options.