I find it odd that we complain the most about speed limits for the type of road where speed limits are highest. It's the surface roads where speed limits really need to be raised.
I'm still trying to figure out how you people want me to drive, when I'm in the far left lane of a freeway. Let's say I'm in the right lane, on a four-lane (2 lanes each way) freeway. The speed limit is 70 mph, and I'm driving at about 73. I'm beginning to creep up behind the guy in front me, so I slip into the left lane, to pass. Since I'm driving only slightly faster than the other guy (and because people tend to wake up, and increase speed, when you start to go around them) it may take me a mile or two to get around this guy. Even if I speed up to 75 or 76. This is when people like to come along and start tail-gating.
I get the impression that people think you're supposed to go around the right-lane driver immediately, which in many cases means going ten or fifteen miles over the speed limit. I just checked the "Driver's Guide" for my state, and it specifically says not to exceed the speed limit while passing on a freeway. Personally, I've had enough speeding tickets. They are only getting more expensive, and I'm not getting another one.
And I still don't understand why the person who wants to break the speed limit is the good guy, and the guy driving at (or slightly above) the speed limit is the one who's the problem.