Originally Posted by
islandboy
What is your response when a car passes you (illegally) when you are already exceeding posted speed limits?
My gripe comes from a rash of recent incidents where I have been passed (occasionally honked at) while taking the road when travelling at 45 to 60 kph. Most of the time in areas of corners or double lines. The last truck passed when I was travelling 7 kph over the PSL. It is as if they "need to pass" the bicycle.
I think that's it: some motorists have a compulsive need to pass the cyclist no matter how fast he's going. I can't tell you how many times I've gone at least as fast as the cars I was traveling with, and yet was passed, often unsafely, and with great irritation on the part of the motorsits. I think they can't believe a bicycle is capable of going fast enough to keep up with traffic, and when they make that discovery, it somehow pisses them off.