Highwaymen

The Highwaymen are a raider group dwelling on sections of the Michigan Super Highway on the outskirts of the Motor City Wasteland. They prey on those traveling on the main roads to and from Detroit, using the raised highway to quickly spot their targets and to mobilize between camps.

Background
In the two centuries since the Great War, there have been many different groups who've used the "Highwaymen" moniker. The first group of Highwaymen formed just after the bombs fell, the same time the Mechanics were getting started. Unlike the Mechanics however, the lawlessness of the post-apocalypse appealed to Highwaymen. While the Mechanics were repairing cars to ship supplies to outlying settlements in need of aid, the Highwaymen were repairing cars to attack such shipments and plunder the settlements. This kicked off an arms race between the two rival groups, each building more and more combat-ready vehicles to outdo the other. Contrary to popular belief, the Highwaymen take their name from the Chryslus Highwaymen, their signature vehicle, hardier than but not as fast as the Mechanic-preferred Corvega. The Michigan Super Highway was built for speed and the two groups unleashed their fury on the road for decades. Hostilities only ceased after the Great Winter of 2130. With losses felt on both sides, neither group could maintain their vehicles and the scrap to do so became rarer. Not much evidence remains today of their bloody conflict besides the obliterated sections of highway.

The Highwaymen dwelling on the Super Highway nowadays is descended from this original group. They control sections of highway outside Detroit, traveling along the road to ambush wastelanders.