Just got back from a week in Myrtle Beach. While the vacation was great, getting there and back was an exercise in frustration.
Driving on I-95 should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. There is so much traffic from Baltimore to Richmond, it's sickening. How in the world can you have a traffic jam on a 4 lane highway at 10:00 AM on a SUNDAY?!?!?
Anyway, here's the gist of the post - When driving on the interstate (and a lot of other places), I'll set my cruise control for 7-10 MPH over the posted speed limit. I know that my wife and kids do not use CC, and they all think i'm nuts for doing so. I can tell that a lot of other drivers do not use CC either, because their speed fluctuates a lot.
Added Bonus (and the reason i don't carry a gun): How often does this happen to you? - You're driving on the interstate, you come up behind a car in the right lane, so you go to pass this person. As soon as you get along side of them, they begin to speed up. the result is A) you have to speed up to complete the pass B) you end up side by side for umpteen miles C) they pull ahead and you go back to the right lane. This only applies to regular driving, not heavy traffic - in heavy traffic all bets are off and it's Thunderdome.
Also, the result of A) is that they will then speed up to pass you. and then slow down again. This person doesn't want to go any faster than you, but just needs to be ahead of you.
I cannot tell you how many time the above happened to me on this trip: Drives me bat crap crazy.
And don't even get me started on the number of drivers who just park themselves in the left hand passing lane in SC, NC and Virginia . . . rant over...