There is a road near the campus here where the speed limit is 25mph. It is meant explicitly for recreational driving, but a lot of people take it for their commute home, so most people go 30-35mph on it during heavy traffic times.

I was on the road on a light-traffic time, doing 32mph down a hill and a guy in a Porsche passed me and gunned it. I held up a "2" and a "5" with my fingers and he actually slowed down. The problem is that I caught up to him and had to ride my brakes down the hill so I wouldn't rear end him.

I don't think he was trying to escalate anything with me; I think he simply saw me as a "slow bicyclist" and wanted to pass without checking his speed first.

Speeding tickets are stiff in that area (well, they were 5 or 6 years ago anyway--despite what I said about cars doing 30-35) so I often catch up to cars because when they are *alone* they drive the speed limit. I haven't had the guts to pass a car yet, although I easily could on light-traffic days.