A 2006 protest against Czech prime minister Jiří Paroubek, blocking one of Prague's main crossroadsJust Stop Oil protesters on a roadway in Portsmouth, England, 2023
Most jurisdictions[which?] consider the obstruction of traffic an illegal activity and have developed rules to prosecute those who block, obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic upon a public street or highway.[3] Some jurisdictions also penalize slow moving vehicle traffic.[4]
Raasta roko (Hindi for obstruct the road) is a form of protest commonly practised in India.[6] It usually involves large numbers of people preventing vehicular traffic from using a busy thoroughfare. Pedestrian traffic is not targeted.
^Yongshun, Cai (2010). Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed Or Fail. Stanford University Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN978-0804763394.