The Northern Border

This is not a divided highway in the traditional sense, but two, bi-directional roads running really close together. Why? Because the one on the right is in Canada and the road I'm driving on is on American soil. Just north of the town of Lynden, Washington these two roads straddle the border with a mere couple of feet of grass median separating the two nations. No fence, no wall, no signs or other indications that this is the very edge of the country. Border patrol cars occasionally cruise by, and there are probably some video surveillance cameras discretely stationed around, but this open accessibility does illustrate how futile it is to secure our borders. Especially a long border like the Canadian one. Seems to me it would make more sense to try and match up our laws, rules and standards and then together our two countries can concentrate on how to deal with our common border with the rest of the world.