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I pretty much agree with your take on V1. Your take on V2 is interesting, but not sure I agree. At least not fully.V1's driver is in violation of the traffic law governed by the "Slower Traffic Keep Right" sign - which is as binding as the speed limit sign is binding, regardless of how it may be enforced.
V1's driver is "hindering" V2's driver, regardless whether they are in a state in which traffic laws prohibit passing a vehicle on the right or not. Posted general safe driving practices discourage (and in some cases prohibit) passing on the right because it is a safety issue, the vehicle in front having less visibility (steering wheel being on the left in this country) of vehicles to their right than they do with vehicles on their left.
V1's driver is also guilty of reckless driving. Most reckless driving laws cover BOTH "deliberate" reckless driving and inattentive driving. Deliberately being reckless we all get: speeding, swerving, tailgating, etc. But not seeing the sign requiring them to move over, seeing it but it not registering for whatever reason, not remembering the law to move over, not seeing the driver behind them or their presence not registering is inattentive driving and therefore reckless driving - and fwiw - just as deliberate a violation of the law as doing it willfully.
V1's driver is also being a jerk. Whether willfully or not, they're being a jerk.
V2's driver is doing nothing wrong. They may want to drive faster, but until they actually GO faster, they're doing nothing wrong. In fact, in NOT taking advantage of the driving lane on their right to pass the reckless jerk in V1, they're being everything the violator in V1 isn't.
Ostensibly, V2 was speeding. That's why they caught up to V1. Then, when the passing lane presents itself, they will speed again given the chance. While I think V2 is the less of the "wrong", I don't see V2 as wholly "in the right", either.