Even in the modern age, the width of a road is by no means standard. Today's roads vary from the wing-mirror brushing country lanes to vast 8- or 10-lane motorways, plus hard shoulders and central reservations.
muÂ·latÂ·to. n. pl. muÂ·latÂ·tos or muÂ·latÂ·toes Often Offensive. A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially one having one white and one black parent. [Spanish. , small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from. , mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin. .].
As a matter of fact, there were recorded mulattoes (both men and women) who dress up like their master to easily escape from their masters or overseers. Sensible reasons were given by the freedom-seeking mulattoes when they were asked why they escape from South.