Afternoon Old Guy, I could never ride a motorcycle in conditions like that. I'm not a slow rider by any means but I purposely avoid traffic congestion. I like long lonesome roads. Also, I've never lived in densely populated areas and have no desire to ever do so. I'm used to doing 300 to 600 mile days although as the years pile up I find those 300 miles days becoming more frequent than not. I just can't understand how anyone can possibly enjoy riding or driving at 90+ mph bumper to bumper. I hope to never be in a situation where I find myself in conditions like that. Never owned a motorcycle with cruise control and probably never will as I'm not going to ever buy another motorcycle again as the two I have will last me through the end of my riding days. I do have a Go Cruise which is not bad for a throttle stop type cruise control which I use now and then to rest my right hand.
I guess the long and short is you do your own thing and that's great but to say that high speed congested driving keeps you safer because you are hyped on an adrenalin rush is one crock of BS if ever I heard one. Needless to say I shan't ever experience the joys of riding I-285 in this lifetime. Actually been to Atlanta once about 20 years ago. Took a one month trip to Ireland and on the return experienced the joy of changing planes at the Atlanta airport and that was enough of Atlanta for me.
Hey Old Guy, You're right about drivers trying to keep you from getting in front of them. Oregon is famous for that especially when it comes to folks with out of state plates as in California. I typically will slow down when one of these guys from the golden state gets behind me on my bumper and then speed up on a straight away. A Mustang GT/CS with 412HP and Borla attack exhaust system just for effect helps with that. Point is I don't like tailgating. I don't do this on a motorcycle though as my mother didn't raise a complete *****.