I can understand your point - having lived in the Atlanta GA area and watched my beautiful, quiet rural roads become crowded and dangerous with the massive unchecked development and the advent of mobile technology. However - since moving to a much more rural area and enjoying rides where I see as few as a handful of cars in an hour, I've completely fallen in love with riding again. If you have to genuinely fear for your life where you are, trails is the best answer. Right now I'm only limited by road conditions in the winter!