What's my problem? Before I get to that, l will tell you what I consider a highway. And that is, for the purposes of my posts on this thread, my definition of a highway doesn't matter. What does matter is the OP's definition of a highway. HE STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING WITH 60MPH TRAFFIC ON A 3 FOOT STRIP. He is asking his question: Is this safe, within that context. My answers here are taken within the context of his question, not from my own experience. Clearly, he is not riding on bucolic California SR 89. Nor is he riding on the beautiful highways pictured in one of the posts. He has 60mph traffic by his own defintion "whizzing" past at 3 to 4 feet. I could be wrong. Maybe he is perfectly safe. But it's not wrong to advise him to use his judgement. And, it's not wrong to warn him of the obvious dangers.

What's my problem? Again, within the context of this thread it is the reckless advise to just go for it! None of you are riding that highway. You respond with pictures of beautiful low traffic country roads to support your advice. If those roads are as safe as they look in the pictures I'd let my grandkids ride them. Beyond that, posting that MUPs are more dangerous than Highways? Really? I'll give that MUPs can be one big PIA and that you might end up with a scraped knee from an incident. But posting such advice is irresponsible at best. You are not going to get run down from behind by a semi on an MUP.

I didn't come onto this thread to get into it with anyone, just to let the OP know that he should use his own judgement.

As for the rest of us, we all ride highways. Let's not kid ourselves about the risks we are taking. If you ride on a high speed highway with a narrow shoulder and moderate to heavy traffic, and do that everyday, you are getting away with it.