Overwhelming majority of time I was driving on highway, the right lane went below speed limit. That makes up quite a lot of cars that go below it.
And I used to drive exactly speed limit (as measured by GPS) and that maded me among the faster cars on highway. Only few cars went faster then me.
I made effort to slow down lately and can confirm that the biggest and only issue to overcome is the ego and the knee jerk "being there faster makes you better driver" kind of thinking.
My typical speed on the highway is speed limit plus 10% (so 60 in a 55 for example). That puts me right at the sweet spot for the middle of three lanes where I live. My exit is the last one before the highway drops to 2 lanes and gets a lot of use as it quickly becomes rural after that.
I will regularly get passed by someone going 75mph or more (in a 55) in the left lane when traffic allows those speeds. It's about 50-50 whether I pass them back when we get to the stop light at the end of my exit ramp a few miles later.
On a typical commute or trip around town, driving way faster than everyone frequently doesn't get you to your destination any sooner. It does make things more dangerous and unpredictable though.
And I used to drive exactly speed limit (as measured by GPS) and that maded me among the faster cars on highway. Only few cars went faster then me.
I made effort to slow down lately and can confirm that the biggest and only issue to overcome is the ego and the knee jerk "being there faster makes you better driver" kind of thinking.