I usually ride the well traveled roads between 6 and 9am on weekends, and in the evening ride up on the natchez trace parkway.. not much traffic to worry about in either instance. Aside from a few hollers (2 or 3 in the past 1000 miles) I've been impressed with how courteous folks have been so far. I don't usually stray from the highways on my rides because A: I'll get lost, and B: dogs. (dogs that chase things along highways are usually short lived)