It seems like the conventional wisdom is that going a little faster than the rest of the traffic on the freeway is safer. Or maybe no one believes that and I am mistaken on that perception.
Why is that? Not trolling.
If I am passing people I increase the chance that I will be passing someone and they will change lanes, where as if they are passing me they see me as they approach. I am not talking about going 50 in a 70, but say 70, or 67.
Now, being in the left lane on a busy freeway...I am all over that, gets you away from merging and exiting traffic...you got the left to escape. But that is a lane choice issue, not a speed issue.