Always good to have a few points of view 
tbh I see some sketchy stuff almost everyday on the DC, have also found a route that is 25% backroads, 50% bridleway/track and 25% town streets which gives me the excuse of getting a rigid mtb rather than a racer which I'd probably only use for the commute.
Gonna give the ride a test run on Saturday.
WK, as much as I avoid dual carriageways the last thing I'd want to see is any bans on cyclists using these routes. I understand the frustration.
Lifer, good luck and most of all enjoy, otherwise it won't become a regular commute!
It sounds good, Lifer, give it a go.
One of the things I would say is dont drop your guard just because your on a quiet country road.
On a main road there is still a chance of getting caught by a camera, or even a semi-mythical police patrol, or even a witness or two, so people observe slightly more cautious driving.
Rural roads?, no such sanction, so theres lots of drivers trying to apex that corner at 90 mph like Solberg or Panizzi... absolutely no chance they'll get collared if they decide to hit and run.
a roads a road to me, drivers are no better or worse on either. Me, i take the fastest way to work which involves main roads, dual carriageways and back roads. If i get hit, i get hit, at least no a dual carriageway they would find my body instead of been stuck in a ditch for weeks unseen to everyone passing. Also, b roads tend to be worse off condition wise and can be a pain riding them
25% backroads, 50% bridleway/track and 25% town streets which gives me the excuse of getting a rigid mtb rather than a racer
Don't dismiss a road bike with decent tyres on. I'll happily ride my winter road bike with 24 or 25mm tyres on all sorts of off-road stuff.
Depends on the roads in question, but I'd be more worried about being tail-ended by some idiot hooning round a corner on a minor road than most dual-carriageway I've used.
Must admit I'd stay off the A3 much of it's more like a motorway, tho' I *have* seen cyclists on it just south of the M25 junction at Wisley - there's even a recommended suicide route shown on how to cross the M25>A3 sliproad, but there *is* still the problem of how to negotiate crossing the A3>M25 sliproad without some idiot taking you out..
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