If the law is behind me I'm moving over one way or another.

Same here with a particular race of woman. I've had some fun with them. Sometimes if I'm leading I will drive on the dots just to look back and see them on the dots. Then ever so slowly move to the other side of the lane and hug the dots. Sure enough, there they are. The slow down speed up thing is a given, but what's even better is to switch lanes normally and watch them speed past and get right behind the next car up.

No headphones, just stupid women that can barely see over the wheel. Not the young, hell they are flat out dangerous. I'm never going that fast anyway. Nor changing lanes 4 times a mile.

I've had that experience before, too. Too bad it doesn't happen more often. It's as much fun as a good twisty road; you need total focus so you don't spoil the party for the group!

One of the most important things to teach in HPDE is looking up. It makes a world of difference when they get the hang of it and you can feel it when they forget.

Yes, I done this a few times during long distance highway travel. It's great until you realize that you are the only one with out-of-state plates and the LEO picks you out and pulls you over for speeding. Important lessons learned: never be "tail end charlie" and don't take the chance if the group is moving substantially over the limit.

My driving acumen has deteriorated significantly.

My problem is paying attention. I have so much going on - with cars to restore, a small farm to care for, a giant sewing machine to master, and health issues right and left - that I have trouble concentrating on the task at hand. I often find myself driving to a familiar place and suddenly not knowing where I am in the journey, and it's all because I'm not paying attention. I'm better at driving to a place I've never been to before.

Paying attention has become a big issue for me in general. I have to keep reminding myself to focus on what I'm doing NOW, not planning what I'm going to do next. Before I got pill minders, every now and then it'd be 10 AM and I'd think, "Did I take my morning pills? Did I brush my teeth?" Doing routine things are prime times for me to be planning the next thing I'll do. It's not that I'm forgetful, I just don't pay attention to routine things. I think it's because I've lost the ability to hold two thoughts in my head at the same time.

As for driving, I notice more bad drivers on the road, especially tailgaters. The bad drivers tend to help me focus on driving, which net net is a good thing.

Except for a little loss of sight, I don't think my driving skills have fallen off much at 56. Except if I've been drinking, then I shouldn't be on the road at all but that's for another thread.

I've always prided myself in seeing way ahead and to the sides. I usually see a crash or near crash way before the person ahead who is actually involved in it realizes what's happening. Like they teach in high speed driver's ed, it takes two to crash: one to make the mistake and a second driver to not react in time to avoid it.

I also look way ahead at traffic conditions. I like to drive fast and make good time but I'll only change lanes to pass if the end result will get me significantly ahead. On numerous occasions I've beat another driver who was heck bent to go as fast as the could but they didn't react to traffic properly.

One of the best compliments I've ever received was over 30 years ago when I was selling motorcycle parts wholesale. A salesman for another company said he saw me driving up from San Antonio back to Austin and was going to catch up to me and suggest we grab a drink. He said he couldn't catch me and not because I was driving very fast but because every lane change I made got me significantly father ahead than he could.