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Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

ah yes, the two gold rules of the road.
* People get out of the way of crazy.
* The most expensive car yields.

That's not always the case. When I was younger and more likely to still do stupid stuff, my take was "this guy is trying to attach himself to my bumper, he is trying to bully, but it's all fluff because he does NOT want to have rear ended another car, especially a Porsche/whatever" (usually a huge truck tailgating a small car). So I was comfortable slowing down (maybe just a let off, maybe a downshift, maybe a brake check). I don't think I have brake checked anyone in many years (go me!). I still occasionally coast speed down to persuade someone to pass me. I don't think I've downshifted to increase my coast down speed either. These days I'm far more likely to either move over or hit the gas to get to a spot where I can move over.

My goal on the road is usually to "enable the flow of traffic" as much as possible, and certainly not reduce the flow of traffic, and hopefully, not piss anyone off in the process. But you can't control others and there are folks that will get pissed off for unreasonable reasons "no one should go faster than me" or whatever.