It is curious just how important a rule becomes immediately after it was violated with extreme consequences.
We used to have a stretch of public road that was a week end drag strip......unofficially , of course.
And it was perfect..........about a mile long to a dead end , no cross streets and businesses on one side that were closed.
It was all good until someone wrecked and / or got hurt.
Then it was verboten...usually till the next spring or summer.
A couple years back they installed curbing that made it a series of S turns and only wide enough for a single if you wanted to go straight.
One more reason why they call them " The Good Old Days ".