Apparently we all obsess over every single little word here and take everything 100% literally 100% of the time, so I’ll rewrite my statement: roads that seem to be more dangerous are oftentimes not actually more dangerous.
The onus is on the communicator to communicate well, not on those to whom he is communicating, especially when communicating through writing.
In my office, had you put that in an email, the story would be told again and again to much laughter and it would achieve legend status.
Be careful what you double-down on.