I find (I leave the house at 5:00 a.m.) that there are not people out to be unaware of me. In my nine miles to where I catch a bus, I may get passed by two cars at the most. I do live in the country though. I need a good headlight so that I can see, and a couple of tail lights just in case. I don't know if I'll ever get to the point where I can do my whole 46 miles, but it probably wouldn't take much more time than my mixed bike/bus commute. I just wouldn't be worth much to my employer by the time I got to work. :-)