Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : This isn't a single conflict but rather a continuous thing. My commute to work is a 35 minute drive, and most of the drive takes place on a two lane (one each way) highway with a 55 mph speed limit. The road is not divided, and there are several long straight sections, so passing is fairly easy on this road. The road is usually heavily policed (I tend to see a cop each time I drive the road, generally in oncoming traffic).

I'm sure you can see where this is going. Ever since I got pulled over once for speeding, I've been trying my hardest to avoid repeating that. So I simply set my cruise control to 55 for the duration of my time on the road. However many drivers on this road tend to drive at 60 or 65. This means that I tend to gather a conga line of cars behind me. Some pass me (like I said, passing is fairly easy on this road--it's not too crowded and has lots of passing zones), and some don't. Plenty of them ride my ass really close, which can be frustrating.

I understand that sometimes driving slower than the flow of traffic can be dangerous for all involved, but I think that is less of a problem here than say, a crowded four lane highway. I also worry that by encouraging people to pass me I'm putting them in greater danger as well, but in my mind it is their responsibility to decide when and how to pass safely. I do make sure that I hang to the right when someone looks like they want to pass me so that they have a clearer view of oncoming traffic. Also I don't know how safety concerns about going too slow weigh against the the slower speed being safer. It's also worth noting that other cars are rarely ever going more than 5-10 mph faster than me.

In the end I feel as though I shouldn't ever feel pressured into breaking the law, and I think I should be justified in following it, even when others don't.

So that's it: am I the asshole here for slowing people down and (maybe) causing more dangerous road conditions, or am I justified in keeping to the speed limit and others should just deal with it?