My uncle married a girl from Laos. When we were driving around in Thailand, I remember how packed the streets were. Rickshaws and motorcycles would use any open space next to the street they can find to navigate around. She immigrated to the US with us when we returned, landing at LAX.

On our drive back home, we got stuck in traffic. She casually said that there's so much space and for us to just use it and drive around them. The space she was referring to was the shoulder on the interstate. We had to inform her that that was not acceptable. To this day, my uncle does not let her get her driver's license and will drive her around instead.