Roadblock

{{Short description|Installation set up to block traffic on a road}} {{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 *Police chase *Robbery *Sobriety checkpoint *Protests

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.<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>

<gallery> 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). </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|Roads}} * Road traffic control * Barricade * Boom barrier * Braess's paradox * ''Illinois v. Lidster'' * Safety barrier * Traffic break

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==External links== * {{cci}}

Category:Street furniture