I'd disagree. A lot is how you drive it as much as how fast you go. On multi-lane roads if you stay in the slow lane it's not impeding the flow of traffic any more than buses or trucks do. And here in SC there are (or were) laws covering the situation of slow-moving vehicles: If you are on a 2-lane road and there are 5 or more vehicles behind you who cannot legally pass, you are supposed to pull over at the first place safe to do that and allow all them to pass before re-entering the roadway yourself. Of course nobody does that here any more than they obey the posted speed limits
I do all I can to make it easy for the idiots to fly past me if they want to
I'll even pull over sometimes
I always recommend that you set your speed to work with the traffic flow around you for best safety, yet you DO have the right to drive at or below the speed limit if you wish to, and that is where the traffic flow is supposed to be at anyway. When someone feels it is OK to break one law what is there to stop them from wanting to break another? Where does that end?
You cannot complain about others who disregard traffic lights, solid lines prohibiting lane changes, or tailgaters if you think it is appropriate to break the laws you want to break yourself, for they are only doing that
exact same thing based on how
they think
I don't follow every traffic law, but I do drive quite safely and that is what I expect from everyone else. Unlike the UK who seem to try to have a rule covering every possible situation in traffic, we have far fewer rules here and the Judiciary makes allowances for disregarding those rules and laws when doing such is the safer thing to do even when it is clearly illegal. But
where it is possible to safely follow the rules that is what is expected of you and if you drive at or below the speed limit that is exactly what you are doing
If other traffic wants to go faster,
they are the ones in the wrong and you should not feel compelled to join them.
The key to road safety is for everyone to not be a hazard to themselves or anyone else no matter what the laws and rules may be, but this is almost always best achieved by everybody doing their best to follow those rules and laws which were designed to increase road safety for everyone even if it inconveniences a few in the process. All the time you saved by driving fast will be lost when you once get pulled over for speeding or are in a crash you could have avoided by driving slower. Drive smart, not just fast, and you'll make better time in the long run
Phil