I'd ride it too, no worries. The road in that pic is my neck of the woods though, and bikes are prohibited from it. That said, I've never had the need or the inclination to ride it either.

The chances of a collision are no greater than any other road I ride on, and in fact it's probably quite a bit safer than some of the 60-80km/h 'arterials' around Brisbane that bikes are premitted to ride on. I've never really understood this point. There's plenty of other factors than mere speed differentials that make roads safe or unsafe, but the lawmaker's seem to be driven by pure emotion. The mere idea of putting bikes on a highway with high speed traffic, but very wide shoulders and fantastic sightliness puts them in a panic about our safety, but they're quite happy to let us ride on shoulderless, narrow roads with unsignalled intersections and 80km/h traffic.