DirtFlier
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My SO lives some distance away so during bad weather, it requires travel on the interstates. During good weather I ride and have created several different routes to avoid boredom.
One thing I've never understood is the mentality of what I'd call "followers." The slab is mostly empty and I'm in the middle lane holding at the posted speed limit + 5 MPH so people are free to pass on either side. I'm always scanning my mirrors and from way back comes a car/truck that pulls up behind me by 2-3 car lengths and decides to hang there for what seems like forever. Are they practicing to be in NASCAR? If I was going at a speed sure to attract Smokey the Bear, I could understand that they're using me as a "blocker" against radar but I'm only going 65-75.
Why some drivers do this is beyond me.
One thing I've never understood is the mentality of what I'd call "followers." The slab is mostly empty and I'm in the middle lane holding at the posted speed limit + 5 MPH so people are free to pass on either side. I'm always scanning my mirrors and from way back comes a car/truck that pulls up behind me by 2-3 car lengths and decides to hang there for what seems like forever. Are they practicing to be in NASCAR? If I was going at a speed sure to attract Smokey the Bear, I could understand that they're using me as a "blocker" against radar but I'm only going 65-75.
Why some drivers do this is beyond me.
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