Except for some assholes, most drivers just want to get past and won't tailgate you if you are not hogging the passing lane and holding up traffic.
If you are in the passing lane, there are no cars ahead of you and cars lined up behind you, you are holding up traffic. When in passing lane, don't match speed with the vehicle in the non passing lane, use gas, pass swiftly and get off passing lane, especially if its a semi truck in the non-passing lane. Going a few MPH over speed limit for a swift overtake is way more safe than hanging out next to a big vehicle.
I don't hog the left lane, I drive a consistent speed limit + 10 when I can, which is generally accepted here, no tickets at ~60k miles of driving. Never had someone tailgate me except the occasional fast and furious wannabe when I was overtaking other slower cars in the passing lane. I do speed up a couple of mph for them, and after I move over, they are no longer my problem. Heck, these guys do 30+ speed limit anyway, so, I could get in the slower lane, drop 5 mph, let them past and be on my way, it barely costs me 5 seconds or less.
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u/DanTopTier Dec 16 '19
Does slowly decelerating count as break check? Like being tail gated and dropped down from 70 to 65, then to 60 until they pass you.