One of the mind blowing downsides of electric cars I recently experienced (with Leaf) is inability to shift to neutral once the car dies. This happened to me at

One of the mind blowing downsides of electric cars I recently experienced (with Leaf) is inability to shift to neutral once the car dies. This happened to me at the middle of the intersection - many people stopped and offered to help me push the car out of the way but this wasn’t possible! How is being able to shift to neutral even when the car is completely off is not the legal requirement???