For the last few years, I've kind of been proud of my clean record of no incidents, no moving violations, no parking tickets (except one at my high school and I have a good reason for that because someone stole my space).

But everytime I ask how long it takes people to drive long distances (like DC to NY, or "long trips"), I feel that everyone else is getting to/from places with less travel time. My friend from Duke gets home in 3,5 hours, folks get from Harrisburg, PA all the way past Winchester, VA in less than 2 hours, and so on. In comparision, it takes me 4 hrs and 2,5 hours respectively.

While safety remains my #1 priority and its unlikely that my driving habits will change, I wonder if I'm just driving a tad too conservatively. So what are your driving speeds like?

Here's mine, by "default":

Local roads: 60km/h (37mph)
Urban freeway, north of VA: 110km/h (68mph)
Urban freeway, VA and pts. south: 120 km/h (74mph)
Extra-urban: 130km/h (81mph)

*all the above subject to road, traffic, weather, visibility, traffic flow, and vehicle load conditions.