One of the fundamental axioms of traffic engineering is you can't have trees too close to the edge of the road, because drunk/speeding drivers might get hurt. I

One of the fundamental axioms of traffic engineering is you can't have trees too close to the edge of the road, because drunk/speeding drivers might get hurt. It is not just that the neighborhoods are mature enough for trees to have grown in, it's that they predate this science. https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/provide-safe-recovery/clear-zones/clear-zones https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/provide-safe-recovery/cl...