> Unfortunately it's not only soccer moms doing it. Especially annoying
when
> someone is going BELOW the speed limit in the left lane (*passing lane*)

There is absolutely nothing wrong with going below the speed limit in the
passing lane if you are actually passing somebody. With reference to the
passing lane hoggers, speed is really irrelavent. Fast or slow, they either
have a reason to be there (passing someone) or they don't (not passing
anybody, nobody in the right lane near them, no potential cars merging on
highway, no left-turns coming up on the highway).

> I'm not an advocate for speeding since safety comes first. I will often
go
> with the quicker flow of traffic (which is normally above posted limit),
> while other times I'm sitting in the middle or right lane.

I almost always set my cruise control at 5 MPH below the MAX speed limit
(the speed limit is a maximum rating, not a minimum). It is amazing how
relaxing a drive can be at this speed. I very rarely have to turn my cruise
off even in midly heavy traffic because 99% of the cars are passing me.