In my part of the world, most roads have wires cris-crossing them
Yep - Much worse in the UK - especially in rural areas where wires tend to run along side roads and pop across occasionally, and phone wires are everywhere (although possibly more breakable?) And then if you try for a lit road, you've got lamposts dotted along alternately - I woud'nt be confident that I wouldn't hit wing on one trying to get down onto a standard width double track UK road.