Generally speaking, rural drivers are a much better behaved species than city drivers. I'm not sure whether they're intrinsically this way, or there are just fewer opportunities for them to do behave badly. You can't go around running red lights if there aren't any red lights to run.
I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life.
I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.