A roadblock is a temporary installation set up to control or block traffic along a road. The reasons for one could be:
- Roadworks
- Temporary road closure during special events
- Police chase
- Robbery
- Sobriety checkpoint
In peaceful circumstances, they are usually installed by the police or road transport authorities; they are also commonly employed during wars and are usually staffed by heavily armed soldiers in that case. During protests and riots, both police and demonstrators sometimes use roadblocks.[1][2]
- Roadblock in the West Bank
- Polish barricade during the Warsaw Uprising (1944)
- Roadblock during roadworks at Hisingen, Sweden, 2013
- 'Swarming roadblocks' Extinction Rebellion, (UK) (23 November 2018).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Who Approves of Those Who Block Roads toProtest in the Americas? http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/IO921en.pdf
- ^ Clearing the Path for Land Rights, One Road Block at a Time: How Peru's Indigenous Population can Assert Their Land Rights Against Peru's Government, 1 Global Bus. L. Rev. 229 (2010-2011)
External links edit
- Media related to Road blocking barriers at Wikimedia Commons
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