Editing Roadblock (section)

{{Short description|Installation set up to block traffic on a roadd}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Road block.jpg|thumb|[[Concrete]] barrier]]
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
*[[Car chase|Police chase]]
*[[Robbery]]
*[[Sobriety checkpoint]]
*[[Protest|Protests]]

In peaceful circumstances, they are usually installed by the [[police]] or road transport authorities; they are also commonly employed during [[war]]s and are usually staffed by heavily armed soldiers in that case. During [[protest]]s and [[riot]]s, both police and demonstrators sometimes use roadblocks.<ref>Who Approves of Those Who Block Roads to
Protest in the Americas? http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/IO921en.pdf</ref><ref>[http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=gblr 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)</ref>

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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]], 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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