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Originally Posted by Red Herring
My general advice is that if you have come up behind another vehicle it tends to suggest that your average speed is higher than theirs, so if a safe and appropriate opportunity to pass arises then it would not be unreasonable to expect you to take it. If you don't take it I would be looking more at the reasons you didn't go rather than simply telling you that you should have gone.
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When I come up behind another vehicle, perhaps because I was speeding a bit and the other vehicle was a bit below the speed limit. 5 - 10 mph difference in speed, I make a decision about whether I am going to look for an overtake opportunity, or just adjust the average speed I am travelling at.
I often do this and think
"well he's just about doing 60mph, it's a 60 limit, I was only doing 5 - 10 mph more than him anyway, so I'm happy enough to sit behind him"- Saves fuel & wear and tear
- More relaxing, a long A road journey overtaking everything going slower than you, then you arrive 10 minutes earlier, but more stressed and fatigued than if you just went with the flow. I'm a high mileage driver, the more relaxing I can make my journeys, the less stressful my job becomes.
- Reduces risk
- Minimal cost in terms of journey time
- The driver will probably take a different direction in the next 10-20 miles anyway
So those are my reasons, maybe you personally think they are perfectly valid, but what is it that the advanced driving/riding community in general finds so wrong with that exactly? It's called patience and going with the flow.