I spent around 6 hours on I-95 last weekend in North and South
Carolina and had only one really bad experience. Some idiot in a
Toyota pick-up felt the need to ride closely behind me for an hour
with his high beams on (this was during the day). He was duckling of
sorts. He latched onto me in South Carolina and clung to me like a
lost kitten till I finally managed to loose him in NC. What made him
particularly irritating was his insistence on running his high beam
lights. They were perfectly targeted to my rear view mirrors. It was
like having two spot lights aimed at you from the rear. Early on, I
tried to loose him, once by speeding up and once my slowing down (but
only slightly). Both times he matched my speed. He was a classic LLB,
so I got some relief after passing cars when I moved back to the right
lane. Still his high beams were an irritant in my rear view mirror.
When we would reach a line of slower moving vehicles, he would close
up on me to keep cars from moving into the space between us while we
were passing the slower moving vehicles. After each pass, I'd move
back to the right, but he would just hang in the left lane, pacing me,
usually dropping back slightly. He never tried to prevent me from
moving back to the left when we would reach the next group of slower
moving vehicles, but he would neither pass me or move to the right
either. We were going fast enough, that only a few cars were trapped
behind them. Occasionally one would go around him on the right, and
then move past me on the left.. Finally when we were passing a longer
line of cars, I sped up enough to temporarily open a significant gap,
and a slower moving vehicle jumped in between us. This allowed me to
escape from the ducking without driving excessively fast. When last
seen, he was tailgating the Explorer that separated us. I almost feel
sorry for the Explorer driver. Otherwise, I-95 was an easy drive this
past weekend, at least in NC and SC.

Ed