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RURAL ROADS HAVE THEIR OWN CHALLENGES

People in rural America have one major advantage that urban and suburban dwellers lack. Most of the time, they can easily travel almost anywhere they want to go without encountering traffic congestion. Of course, population centers in rural areas have their heavy traffic but between points on the map, it is smooth sailing. As a person who has driven across the U.S. 21 times, I can testify that not only is this a big country but it has an amazing network of really decent highways. People get used to driving where they live but sometimes aren’t too competent in different situations.

Metropolitan drivers find it humorous that we

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