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don't think I'd ever have the cheek to try and justify it as somehow thinking of safety :-)
I'm not trying to justify the overtake as being done for reasons of safety.
I'm saying, practically speaking, people are still going to overtake other people. Hitting a limiter when overtaking is dangerous because it elongates the length of time spent in oncoming traffic. Being able to apply more speed to reduce that time is safer than not being able to.
Soul-
I understand the reasoning, I just think it's flawed. It's not the limiter that's creating the danger, it's the driver who decided to execute a dangerous and pointless manoeuvre. But yes, practically speaking, people make stupid decisions when driving and you're kind of removing the ability to hastily correct for one of those decisions by limiting their speed. Depressing!
AlexD
I can see why people think they need to speed to overtake a slower vehicle but If they're not going slow enough to be able to overtake easily, then where is the pressing need to get past them?
I'm not going to pretend that I've never done it myself however I don't think I'd ever have the cheek to try and justify it as somehow thinking of safety :-) As you say, these days I tend to just be patient and wait - I'll happily go slightly slower without working myself up in to a frothing Clarkson.