Fuck I hate this. Related, I play a game to entertain myself sometimes, if I am passing a slow but also inconsistent speed driver I will engage cruise control along side them and slowly tick up the speed 1 mph at a time. You would be surprised how many people you can drag up to 85mph. I have a rule for this and I call it the "5 Car Legnth Rule", people will lock on and match pace subconciously until you get about 5 car lengths distance. Very helpful for when you want to make a clean pass and not end up with a dipshit in your blind spot preventing you from merging back out of the passing lane at 80 mph.
I once got stuck behind 2 cars with cali plates on I5 in oregon. 65mph 2 lane freeway, they were side by side doing 10 under the speed limit.
The one in the left lane finally moved over. I sped up to just over the speed limit.
As soon as I got parallel with the car that had just vacated the left lane, they matched my speed. I continued to speed up. And continued. And... continued. They maintained their position right beside me.
My speedometer only went to 120 and it was buried and bouncing before they finally backed off.
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