In 16 years of full-timing and traveling constantly we've never felt unsafe - even boondocking in the wilds of national forests and remote BLM lands.
However, before full-timing many years ago, we were heading toward St. Louis on the interstate and passing through East St. Louis when the truck was acting up. We got off the closest exit and found ourselves in a worn down residential area. If you've ever read anything about East St. Louis it has a history of being 'rough'.
So, we drove a short distance and the truck stopped running. There were folks sitting on their porches or chatting on the sidewalk. Soon, about six guys came over and asked if we needed help - were we lost? We explained the truck just died and being Sunday, could they recommend a service repair with a tow that would be open. (This was years before cell phones by the way).
They asked us to pop the hood and they quickly took charge of finding the problems. They went into their cars and yards and scrounged for needed tools and parts to get us going. They were extremely polite, humorous and helpful.
...and get this - they would not accept our offering of payment.
Bottom line - it's needless to worry constantly about things happening.
