This has been an interesting thread. I also ride alone alot and it's good to know that others do as well.

I don't live out in the country but even so, I do ride up into fairly remote areas, after work, and often wondered what would happen if I had an accident. I don't always tell people where I'm going. I do tend to ride alot of the same routes, which my close friends know, so I guess if I don't show up for a few days, someone would go looking. They are some mountain bike trails I won't do alone. They are more technical than my normal routes and I could very easily get hurt which I wouldn't want to do while riding alone.

I think bottom line, you have to make a choice and/or take a chance. I do ride on some remote, barely two lane rides up in the hills, but there is so little traffic on those roads, and the roads are so narrow and twisty so traffic usually moves slower than I so I don't worry but if you are out on remote country road where traffic moves fairly quickly, I would make sure you are highly visible (wear yellow!), don't ride in the gutter or on the shouder - take as much road as possible, make traffic move around you. Also let someone know you are going out. I wish I were there to join you - sounds like a beautiful ride!