Tristo went through this with me during my initial training .
He asked me why it might NOT be a good idea to think of a roadway as the first option.
"Too many things to hit", I replied, saying that there were primarily cars, trucks, tractors, roos, cows and those big thick brown sticks with green stuff at the top that always grow next to roads - perfect for shortening the wingspan.
"Correct answer" he said, pointing out the zillion suitable paddocks around for a safe emergency landing.
One of the things he also taught me was on the initial climb, to look for a suitable landing area in case of EFATO, and to remember the physics of what happens in steep turns at low altitudes with low speeds, and search for something 30 degrees either side of runway heading.
Since then, I have always gone through an EFATO checklist before firewalling the throttle.
Ben