Whilst the sentiment that the IMC is not a get you out of jail card is correct, lets all be realistic. PPl's with potentially as low as 70 hrs whizzing round in the clagg is not a good idea.
Single pilot IFR/IMC at an inexperienced level in a light single having just passed an IMC initial is not a good idea. The workload will be significantly higher than the chap has ever experienced before. There will be no instructor/Examiner to ask all those questions to & IMC initials tend to be peroquial affairs not nominally venturing further than 25-30 miles from the field of departure.
My students get a x-cntry IFR clear of controlled airspace with the intercom turned off wherever prudent to a strange approach at a different airfield.
Their willingness to launch of into IMC changes after that trip beleive me, I do however encourage them to do the same trip shortly afterwards with another more experienced IMC'er after a ground breifing before they go.
Lets all be sensible about this
PS An IMC rating can be very handy if and when you wish to do some instructing