I too have been pulled over for slowly passing a police car. On the 403. He passed me. I had my cruise set at 101 kmh. Then he pulled in front of me, and slowed to 90ish. I shoulder checked, and signaled left, and passed him, without ever touching the accelerator. Left the cruise at 100 kmh, and then was pulled over and given a screaming mad lecture as to how I could be charged for obstructing the police officer from doing his job, as he was running the plates of the car in front of me. I told him if he can't type on his PC and maintain a safe speed without creating a rolling roadblack hazard, he should pull over before typing. He lost his mind and started screaming at me that I am to NEVER NEVER pass any police officer for any reason. I wanted to stay and fight but we were late for a family function and my wife wanted me to let it go. I rolled up the window and just drove away.
But I think the root cause is the lax attitudes of driving schools and the MTO's toothless and ineffectual "control" over them. When people aren't properly instructed when they learn how to drive - and that starts with planting it in their heads the concept that driving is a privilege, not a right - then they will, as a group, be barely adequate in skill level and ability to pilot any vehicle at any speed. I think this is mostly the reason why the speed limits are so low in our province; people can barely handle their vehicles at 100kmh on a 400 series highway because they simply don't know how to drive properly. And while current traffic flow on the 401 usually averages around 110-120kmh, if the limit was raised to 120kmh we would see an average increase in flow to 130-140kmh, which I think, would result in higher accident rates.
