I mean, not really. Sure, you're probably less likely to get hit by another car sitting on the side of the road, but you're probably also a lot more likely to hit something (tree, ditch, fence, pole, whatever) if your tire blows out unexpectedly because of the smaller shoulders you usually find in rural areas. Yeah having traffic blow by you at 80mph is sketchy, but so is only being half off the roadway around a blind corner because the shoulder is only a couple feet wide. I know there's quite a few rural roads I drive that I wouldn't want to have a blowout on, and sections of freeway I drive that would be easy to get off onto a wide shoulder. Plus, out in the country you're going to have to wait a lot longer if you need a tow. Just depends.
