On the highway I stay within a range of the speed limit and the "pack" speed. I do try to stay closer to the speed limit, because technically you can get a ticket for going 1 over. Furthermore, there is often some safety reason for a particular limit. However, if everyone is passing me, I usually bump it up so that I am not holding back traffic, because that is its own safety hazard.

I feel I should remind everyone here, though, that as we go above 55mph (or about 85kph) our fuel consumption increases as the square of the increase in speed. This is physics 101. IOW, you get significantly less mileage driving at 80mph than you do at 55. Also, your chances of stopping to avoid something, or surviving if you fail to avoid it are substantially better if you are driving slower. A car is, indeed, more dangerous than a gun. But given our recent attention to the oil supply, prices, and global warming, we should keep that in mind.

(Having said all that, I will probably test my new Miata--when the seller finally straightens out the title mishigas--to about 80 or 85 if I feel I can avoid a ticket or an accident.)

Saul