We traveled secondary roads 95% of the time during our 16 years of full-timing. We never even saw an accident. Lucky, I guess. However, we have seen them on the interstates even though we drove them minimally.
What's the big deal with stopping at a small town stop sign? It takes perhaps a couple extra minutes. You're retired. :) We have found some neat restaurants in small towns and some great city and county parks to stay which are much more reasonable in price than a RV park along the interstate. Small-town folks are very friendly.
