US infrastructure is insanely car-centric to the point where there are numerous places than you 100% cannot safely walk or bike to from certain locations, even when they're just miles away sometimes.
Uhh… yeah? Is there not another road that travels the same direction as the expressway with a lower speed limit? This can’t possibly be the only road traveling that direction.
So they choose the fastest road possible that they can’t keep up with? Lots of other roads are far safer for them to be on since traffic isn’t going 2x their speed…
Sure it’s unsafe, so let’s just make it more unsafe by doing it illegally instead of legally on another road that’s safer…..… smart idea…..
All too often there isn't another road as everything else is blocked, or at least leads to the expressway not in the direction you want to go. This pushes cars to the expressway (which is faster anyway), and away from places where people live. However it means you can't get very far via non-car.
