I've been driving for 57 years. Never caused a serious accident, and only one speeding ticket in that time. I usually set the cruise control on 5 mph over the speed limit, but that time, I was coming home from a dear friend's funeral, and not paying attention.

I also leave a safety zone because I know how much distance it takes to make a panic stop. However, the idiots who just hate to see a gap ahead must think the saying that "Nature hates a vacuum" applies to the road.

If I'm going the limit or 5 mph over, I'm not intimidated by some cowboy who tries to give me grief by riding my bumper. I start by giving him/her a squirt of my windshield washer fluid. That stuff really flies at 60 mph.