Originally Posted by
pepperbelly
I won’t ride on the roads near me. It has become too built up and the roads have a huge a huge amount of traffic- cars and 18 wheel trucks. It just doesn’t feel safe.
How far do you have to drive to find roads with low enough traffic? They don't have to have shoulders, just low enough traffic that cars can pull into the other lane when they pass you. Of course that + shoulders is even better.