I had the same thing happen to me about 20yrs ago driving home to Elizabeth Colorado from Denver late at night in a heads/cam 5.0. He came up and rode my ass while I was doing 5mph under the limit. After a few miles of riding my bumper, I was about to downshift and leave him when we went under a street light and I saw his light bar on top of the car. At the county line, he made a U-turn and headed back the other way.
Close. If you are in the left lane and passing someone, that's legal. If you are in the left lane passing people at a decent clip and the guy behind you is a foot off your bumper, he's a jerk.
Varies by jurisdiction. In Massachusetts, for example, you need to be exceeding the speed limit for more than 1/4 mile on a highway before you can be ticketed, 1/8 of a mile on local roads, and can be nailed in a school zone immediately.
Yes, to govern the AVERAGE speed of traffic.
It's acceptable to the extent that an officer is willing to apply discretion. Speed limits are not an advisement. It is a statutory limit. Not trying to be a jerk, and yes in most cases you would not be targeted, but an officer has every right to stop you once you exceed the speed limit.
Whew!!!
When I was in high school my criminal law teacher openly braggrd about doing this to people. He said they have no reason to be speeding so he's going to cut them off to slow them down. I'll never forget that incident. If I had all the years of driving under my belt that I do now (as opposed to owning my license for maybe 6 months at the time) I would have had a few good words for the prick.
If everyone took the emotional aspect of driving less seriously we'd all be in a better place. I'll say this, one never knows the reason for someone speeding down a roadway. Maybe they're having a baby, or a kidney stone! I've seen it.
Dreamer.
Exactly. Just let people be. If someone is weaving in and out of traffic, not using turn signals, riding dangerously close to everyone, and causing problems; then that's a different story. If someone is just hauling ass in a straight line? Let them. The person cutting off the speeder is causing greater risk, in this scenario, anyways. The self righteous individuals who have a closet control complex really bug me. It's like those people who are driving 5-10 under the limit, but as soon as you go to pass them (2 lane road, passing zone) they floor it to try and prevent you from doing so. It's noot much of an issue with my current car, but in my 98 Taurus? Man, was that car a slug on wheels.
oh man, what a self-righteous asshole. And to admit to it? Some people have no shame. I'd definitely have some choice words for him as well.
