By "outside city limits" I believe OP was being general, not specifically talking about large cities. I live in a rural area. I can think of exactly four stree

By "outside city limits" I believe OP was being general, not specifically talking about large cities. I live in a rural area. I can think of exactly four street lights that are within a 10-mile radius of my home, and I'm not that far outside town. So yeah, it's pretty dark at night. Yes, roads around here are mostly cleared of snow and ice, but they're still dirt/gravel roads and the snow is usually pushed off to the shoulders where a bicycle would be riding, and even then, I'm sure you can understand that dirt absorbs water and will then refreeze. It's not a particularly safe place to be riding a bike.