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 A car chase or vehicle pursuit is the vehicular overland chase of one party by another, involving at least one automobile or other wheeled motor vehicle in pursuit, commonly hot pursuit of suspects by law enforcement. The rise of the automotive i ...

Robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the perso ...

* 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

riot A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targete ...

s, both police and demonstrators sometimes use roadblocks.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) File:Roadblock in Palestine.jpg, Roadblock in the West Bank File:Barykada.jpg, Polish barricade during the Warsaw Uprising (1944) File:Roadblocks.jpg, Roadblock during roadworks at

Hisingen Hisingen () is the fifth-largest island of Sweden (after Gotland, Öland, Södertörn and Orust), with an area of . It is a river island, formed by the split of the Göta Älv at Bohus, and is defined to the east and south by the main arm of tha ...

, Sweden, 2013 File:London November 23 2018 (19) Extinction Rebellion Protest Tower Hill.jpg, 'Swarming roadblocks' Extinction Rebellion, ( UK) (23 November 2018).

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