agreed with the above. Picking low traffic route out of town limits the amount of drivers/chances for accidents. I also feel that people out of town generally drive better and give you more room.

Since it seems to be story time: I ride around campus here at night and do hill repeats on a section that has low traffic. Here I am busting my ass up a hill and there is no oncoming traffic. Some frat jackass and his cronies pull up beside me calling me a "lance ****" and all sorts of cool things. I tell him and his buddies to get the **** out of the car repeatedly. they dont. not sure why, im sure 3-4 guys could easily beat my ass. he revs the car and inches toward me so i unclip and step off the road and grab a tire puller out of my jersey pocket and crack his rear window. bass was apparantly too loud to hear it.

funniest thing ive been called is not "lance ****" but it goes to some hick outta town who thought i was african american, apparantly and called me a ******. really? im about as white as they get.