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Originally Posted by fpartri497
Its no different, every day you will see a N.H. state Trooper In the passing lane doing 80 mph. on rt. 93 and others. Its that old arrogance thingy. I got the badge you dont.
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It is a widely held state police practice (in many states) that when you are patrolling the highway1. if you travel with the flow of traffic, you tend to cause accidents because people are focused on you (for extended periods of time) and not the road and 2. you are encouraged to maintain a speed slightly above the flow rate so as to observe a larger number of people/motorists.
The purpose of random traffic patrol is to gain voluntary compliance from the motoring public. If a trooper goes with the traffic he/she is merely ensuring voluntary compliance from the same few vehicles in the pack he will inevitably be leading for miles and miles.
I assure you that, based on the amount of driver training and experience in the average trooper, it is as safe for he/she to travel slightly faster than the flow as it is for you to establish the flow speed itself.
Respectfully,
HCG