Canadians, why don't you follow the speed limits?
Edit: thanks for the thousands of comments. I seem to have hit some controversial spot here. Would not have expected so many replies!
I understood: 1. Go with the flow 2. Don't exceed 15-20 too much on highways 3. Respect construction and most important school zones.
German (*1) here. I am on a US/Canada Roadtrip and yesterday I entered the second half of the trip passing the border from Montana to BC. As I don't want to get any tickets I am more or less strictly adhering to the speed limits by setting the cruise control to lets say 90 km/H on the Trans Canada Highway. Every few kilometers a new "90 KM/H MAXIMUM" sign. Sometimes I set it to 93km/h so that my satnav shows 90km/h instead of 87/88.
But now after day two of driving in Canada obeying the sign posted speed limit, literally the only vehicle I was passing today was a heavy truck going uphill slowly. Even travel coaches and trucks pass me with 95-100. Passenger vehicles usually with 100+.
Not a big problem for me on a two lane road. But on a single lane road I often feel like I am annoying (and justify my slow driving with the speed limit signs that are visible and valid for everyone?!) and it feels annoying being pushed / tailgated by other drivers.
Driving a week through Washington, Idaho and Montana going exactly the speed limit felt a lot more comfortable to be honest! (*2)
What is it? Are the "90 KMH" sign posts just a form of decoration everyone ignores?
My short research showed there seems to be a socially accepted "10km/h to fast is okay"-rule.
Is that true? Do you "live" this rule? Would you expect me (a guest in your country) to break your rules to not slow you down on single lane roads?
Is the risk of getting caught so close to 0 that you don't care?
Why not just increase the speed limit, if it is "socially accepted"?
TL;DR: why do you Canadians(*3) have 90 KM/H speed limits that no one cares about? What do you expect from Tourists? Are you annoyed when they follow the local rules?
(*1) I am used to drive 120-180km/h on our Autobahns at home (and I am used to be passed by other drivers going 200+ Km/h on some roads as well). I know where it is safe to do so and I can judge the behaviour of other European drivers as well as the risk of getting a ticket when I am exceeding an official limit. But I respect other people doing exactly the speed limit and won't push them.)
(*2) sorry for the US comparison
(*3) sorry to generalize here, when all I've seen so far were Alberta and BC number plates. People from other provinces, I am happy to hear your position as well ;)