More on Passing

I'm attempting, initially, to make each entry a certain length, give or take, but with a very discriminate eye on length. As an addendum to yesterday's entry, I want to say that there is another consideration or two. Towards the end of the post I mentioned "holding back" while waiting for an "out" to clear. There are two options here. 1) If I'm in the passing lane, I cannot travel at the same rate of speed as the slower moving cluster waiting for my out to clear because I then risk creating a cluster of anguished drivers behind me. The thought process I use then is to proceed to pass in the passing lane but under caution at a safe rate of speed while looking for tell-tale signs, (a future post), of a harried driver looking to make a move. 2) Sometimes making a pass, without an out, may be deemed too risky. Weather, time of day, fellow drivers, etc can affect risk assessment. At that time, I prefer to "hold back" with the cluster in that particular lane until I assess that an out has opened and it's safe to pass.