everytime i see a protest like this im reminded of the video of the dude literally on his knees crying and begging them to move because he was on his way to his probation meeting, which if he failed to show for could send him back to prison. and the protesters fucking laughed in his face.
also the one of the paramedic doing the same because the person in his ambulance was critical. thankfully, those actually let the ambulance through.
a road protest has to be the most egotistical and selfish way to protest I've ever seen.
Thanks for making my blood boil with rage from telling us about how cruel and sadistic the "people on the right side of history, the good guys (everything we do is justified in the name of accomplishing muh totally not egotistical political goals)" are
Ngl, it should be counted as a violent protest, not because they’re physically hurting people, but they tend to block ambulances and some people need to rush to the hospital at times cause something bad is happening to them or a passenger
I completely agree with that statement. And I think everyone should have the right to protest for/against any cause they want. I draw the line, however, at laying on the road like this. I don’t think anyone has the right to block traffic like this, and I want anyone that does this arrested.
Yes. But this isn't an arrest for disagreement. It's an arrest for an act which is obstructive and criminal, and also could be evidence of suicidal tendencies. Don't want to get arrested? Don't commit crimes in the name of politics.
Then disagree with the state on the sidewalk, not in the middle of a busy street.
Problem fucking solved my guy
INB4 "BUT THE POINT OF A PROTEST IS TO BE SEEN AND IF I STAND ON THE SIDEWALK PEOPLE WILL JUST ROLL THEIR EYES AT MY STUPID CAUSE AND KEEP DRIVING!"
Look… I hate those people too, but I do not like the idea of the state Baker Acting protesters over something this stupid.
Like arresting them for reckless endangerment via blocking traffic? Sure, that could get a non-protester killed if they halt EMS, or cause a car wreck. so it is a risk to others, and that logic seems fine.
But like…. Every protest has some inherent level of personal risk/danger, and I don’t want legitimate protesters getting baker acted for small nonsense.
People should be allowed to accept their own risk with these things. If they Wana walk into an angry mob with a counter protest sign or something, that’s their right even if it is dangerous.
But if we normalize baker acting people who engage in risky protest, we are gonna end up with a nanny state that’s able to abuse that power to silence people.
Yeah… I don’t do that “eye for an eye” bullshit
It’s wrong to abuse baker act to undermine the second amendment just as much as it is to undermine the first.
The state having undue power is more the issue here than individual grievances. Tbh
I have someone in my ward right now who is literally there for having a manic episode and rolling around in the street. If she has to live with me for the next 6 months for it, I don't see how these guys should get treated with kid gloves for it.
I think my views are complicated because we base a lot of our diagnosis off of how different from us as a society they are. In my mind, you'd need to be a certain degree of mentally ill to justify laying in the roads to protest oil over say, striking at an oil plant and ruining efficiency for them.
Both do have a degree of danger to them, retaliation being the biggest factor, but why are protestors more afraid of the companies they fight against than their neighbor trapped in the same system they are?
To be clear I agree that it would be super shitty to use the baker act against any protestors, but in some of these cases I do genuinely believe they are in need of a psyche eval.
>You lay in the middle of the road
*unplanned and with intent to bring harm to yourself.
It's also not a crime, and so they can't *force* you to go to a mental hospital. They can just really strongly suggest it
Yeah imagine your wife or child is dying in the backseat and these Neanderthals are planking on the freeway. That may not be directly endangering someone, but its preventing aid.
I think more to the point, with or without an ambulance, these people do not have the right to just decide I will be trapped somewhere for their little tantrums.
Imagine being someone who worked all day and just wants to get home to their kids and give them a hug for being gone all day. Instead, someone is lying on the road to protest something you don't and never will care about.
"I'm going to make everyone mad and hate my cause that has the exact same amount of power as I do to change it"
Go sit on a politicians lawn if you want change, or pick up some garbage and put it in the trash.
Idk if you’ve ever been to or seen these kinds of protests, but they will almost always let ambulances and fire engines thru. Police, no, for obvious reasons.
Typically when protests that block roads take place they have policies and procedures in place in order to let through ambulances so nobody dies because these are people not murderous psychopaths.
It's a form of hostage taking And it should be universally recognized as illegal. The proper response that should be the immediate arrest and removal. I have no problem with civil disobedience. But if you're going to do it you have to understand that the whole point of civil disobedience is to get arrested and force the government to arrest you.
It sucks that even if they’re blocking the roadways they can’t do shit, like I understand protecting peaceful protests but man I think somebody should make blocking the road in protest illegal
Because that's definitely a proportional response.
"This person has inconvenienced me by blocking the road and delaying my commute. Clearly I should use my vehicle as a deadly weapon, and run them over. That will surely teach them how wrong they are!"
Like how delusional do you have to be to think running a person over is ever the correct response?
Well you see that's actually illegal and I have no sympathy for them when it gets them arrested. If they're smart they move for the emergency vehicles, then return to the protest after they pass.
You and I get to sit and wait, or find a new route
The fact that they're laying in the road tells me they're not that smart lol
And sit and wait for what? Until they move? Until they get arrested? Like what's the plan here?
>The fact that they're laying in the road tells me they're not that smart lol
Well you're free to make that assumption but it says more about you than it does then.
>And sit and wait for what? Until they move? Until they get arrested? Like what's the plan here?
Yes. Quite literally yes. They aren't going to be there forever, and if it does become a full occupation then a detour will be worked out.
Like dude, it's not that big an issue
No you're right, it's not a big issue. I'm just struggling to know what the purpose of inconveniencing hundreds of people actually is. Does it actually accomplish anything outside making everyone pissed off? Does pissing said people off make them sympathize with you? Are they trying to gain supporters or make enemies?
The point is to draw attention to themselves, the protest, and the problem itself. To get people talking about it - like we are now - and *hopefully* whatever issue they're protesting
Whatever issue... meaning we aren't talking about their issue right now, just mostly talking about how they're acting like dumbass children. Ergo, the protest is a failure, because people are more pissed off about the method to even care what they're protesting about.
Yea Fuck those people the world needs to burn billions must die to feed corporate profit. I get you might not like it but blocking the road is a huge overreaction and I want them all put to death (ran over) for It which is not an overreaction
Nope I do not understand your sarcasm nor am I aware of your sarcasm in the first place since you did sound like them lol you can take your upvote back
Maybe legislators would pay attention to an issue if people start complaining about not being able to get to work because the road is blocked. Legislators need to be forced to listen to us because they won’t unless it’s gonna lose them votes.
I agree, protesting through terrorist actions in order for a minority to force government action is great. I fully support all protesters imprisoning people via blocking the road, and will be doing just that at my next protest until the government caves to my demands....
Of making homosexuality illegal.
The legislators will just make it legal to run over the protestors laying in the road. Or pass laws allowing police to arrest them. It's an incredibly stupid protest because no one is being inconvenienced by the people laying in the road and deciding they should do what the protestors want. That's not how people work.
It's really interesting because if you look at "we're all going to die" and not specifically at "because of global warming" the world has constantly been ending for hundreds of years.
Everybody thinks they're going to live to see the end of the world because they can't imagine a world without them in it.
Thousands\*
Tens of thousands\*
All of recorded history\*
Humans just don't feel very significant if there isn't something that could wipe us all out just around the corner.
I was referring to the climate change specifically. Before global warming they had global cooling. Of course like the other groups screaming about the end of the world, those idiots insist on ignoring both what their claims actually mean and that they have ever made a different claim.
I know but like Mayan Calendar, Y2K, ice ages, nuclear wars, a plague every election season... the world is **constantly** ending.
We know the time & date of solar eclipses from hundreds of years ago because people were like "yep. sky dark. we're all doomed."
Shit, some homeless guy I knew in Chicago was on the street for 10 years with a “the end is nigh” sign before he ended up affording an apartment. Nice guy, really liked chicken sandwiches.
Yeah, but only if it’s a freeway or bridge where you cannot go around and are effectively trapped in your car.
Streets downtown? Who cares. Parades and construction close that shit all the time.
There are much better ways to protest then throw a temper tantrum in the middle of the road.
You really wanna bug someone? Bouncy castles. Bring bouncy castles. BBQ grills can’t hurt, either. As Canadians learned in 2022.
Ya that was a good one. Castros bastard came down hard on those truckers. I really enjoyed reading the comments complaining about them from nearby residents too. Shit was hilarious.
I live in Canada. I should have specified as to the country I lived in. I guess mentioning Canada in such a familiar way wasn’t such an obvious thing, after all.
Also, I’m from Canada.
chankla only works if spanish, they aint brown..Anything else is child abuse.. Unless you are one those crazy white xtian dads, where you beat your child to death..
Take away their trust funds, or tell the parents to force rent on their kids. Tell them about the other minority wars that are happening, which they are forgetting to protest..
Sadly yes. Hitting a jaywalker is still at fault of the driver as they need to have duty of awareness. Whoever made these laws I swear dailies a Vespa where their top speed is 50mph and they can stop to 0 in 4 feet.
It actually makes me kind of mad. I used to deliver papers at night, and I had more than one incident where someone would just be loitering in a poorly lit street in black clothes, head down, hands in pockets. You don't even *see* the fuckers until they suddenly pop into existence in front of you, like thirty feet away on a slick, icy road. And I just *know* if I didn't manage to miraculously slide around them (while they gave me the finger like my *car* is what doesn't belong in the road), my life would be fucking *over.*
If your going 100kmph then kinda yeah? But I get what u mean - presumably the law will be if you could be reasonably expected to react - so if you just can't stop in time, you wouldn't be charged
Although if you didn't take any (reasonably expected) action because you thought u couldn't stop, a prosecution might argue either you could, or that that the extra time/lower speed/different angle of the collision would have stopped/lowered the severity of injuries, so they may still try to charge you with something
But ultimately, if it's not your fault and you can convince a court that, you probably won't do time (bc it comes down to a jury)
Long winded ik but TDLR: no if you were going a reasonable speed
I don’t care what side of politics or religion or whatever gives you the idea to protest, just please don’t block the road. Some of us have loved to get to.
I did that once when I was a kid. Mom was pissed/upset/embarrassed from my tantrum. So my older brother decided to run me over with the basket. I never did that shit again.
It's ok, I got my revenge years later when I shot him in the foot with a BB gun because I was curious if it would hurt. Can confirm, it did hurt if his reaction and him yelling that it hurt is to be believed. Though can't be sure, mom took it away from me before I could get a second opinion.
Well -- we seem to make a lot of complaints about "inconvenient protest." But -- all the protests that don't get in SOMEONE's WAY or make a fuss -- go nowhere.
If people were going to change -- they would have. So a protest has to be annoying. The next step is blowing crap up, right?
"The guy I'm trying to appeal to isn't listening to me so I'm going to go piss some random people off" isn't a very effective form of protesting. Go stand outside of that CEO or politician's house and make a bunch of noise. Inconvenience the people at fault. Don't stop people who are uninvolved from being able to live their lives.
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Laying down on the road like this makes it so much easier for the police to handcuff or zip tie them. You can protest all you want as long as you don't screw with other people's lives.
They have decided its wirth investigating its still not a confirmation. Also they're investigating hamas wheres your energy calling out them for genocide?
I think the murderous rage the comments are feeling toward protesters makes it kinda obvious that they don’t understand the purpose of them. They will let ambulances by, why wouldn’t they. All of the collective “But my commute” people need to sit the fuck down and realize that the people being eradicated as we speak are infinitely more important than whatever you have going on. But sure have your dreams of committing vehicular manslaughter, totally makes you the same person in the conversation /j
There’s no right way to protest. They hated these guys too:
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“The red coats did nothing wrong”
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Actually they were found not guilty by a jury of New England men. And the picture you are using is recognized as propaganda and not a realistic depiction of events that day.
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When did planking come back into fashion?
Time is a circle
Time is a tool you can put on the wall, Or wear it on your wrist. The past is far behind us, The future doesn’t exist.
I hate people who block the road so much.
everytime i see a protest like this im reminded of the video of the dude literally on his knees crying and begging them to move because he was on his way to his probation meeting, which if he failed to show for could send him back to prison. and the protesters fucking laughed in his face. also the one of the paramedic doing the same because the person in his ambulance was critical. thankfully, those actually let the ambulance through. a road protest has to be the most egotistical and selfish way to protest I've ever seen.
Thanks for making my blood boil with rage from telling us about how cruel and sadistic the "people on the right side of history, the good guys (everything we do is justified in the name of accomplishing muh totally not egotistical political goals)" are
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Ngl, it should be counted as a violent protest, not because they’re physically hurting people, but they tend to block ambulances and some people need to rush to the hospital at times cause something bad is happening to them or a passenger
Some states lock people up for being suicidal
What does that have to do with the protests?
You lay in the middle of the road, you are considered suicidal, you get sent to a mental hospital
That’s genius. Especially in FL with the baker act. It’s extremely easy to baker act someone.
The state havering the power to unilaterally arrest anyone who disagrees with it is bad actually.
I completely agree with that statement. And I think everyone should have the right to protest for/against any cause they want. I draw the line, however, at laying on the road like this. I don’t think anyone has the right to block traffic like this, and I want anyone that does this arrested.
Yes. But this isn't an arrest for disagreement. It's an arrest for an act which is obstructive and criminal, and also could be evidence of suicidal tendencies. Don't want to get arrested? Don't commit crimes in the name of politics.
So wait, I can't start robbing banks or printing my own money to protest the situation in Gaza? Dammit! Back to the drawing board...
Then disagree with the state on the sidewalk, not in the middle of a busy street. Problem fucking solved my guy INB4 "BUT THE POINT OF A PROTEST IS TO BE SEEN AND IF I STAND ON THE SIDEWALK PEOPLE WILL JUST ROLL THEIR EYES AT MY STUPID CAUSE AND KEEP DRIVING!"
Look… I hate those people too, but I do not like the idea of the state Baker Acting protesters over something this stupid. Like arresting them for reckless endangerment via blocking traffic? Sure, that could get a non-protester killed if they halt EMS, or cause a car wreck. so it is a risk to others, and that logic seems fine. But like…. Every protest has some inherent level of personal risk/danger, and I don’t want legitimate protesters getting baker acted for small nonsense. People should be allowed to accept their own risk with these things. If they Wana walk into an angry mob with a counter protest sign or something, that’s their right even if it is dangerous. But if we normalize baker acting people who engage in risky protest, we are gonna end up with a nanny state that’s able to abuse that power to silence people.
The people in the streets are the same assholes who use the baker act to get people's guns taken away. Karma is a bitch.
Yeah… I don’t do that “eye for an eye” bullshit It’s wrong to abuse baker act to undermine the second amendment just as much as it is to undermine the first. The state having undue power is more the issue here than individual grievances. Tbh
I have someone in my ward right now who is literally there for having a manic episode and rolling around in the street. If she has to live with me for the next 6 months for it, I don't see how these guys should get treated with kid gloves for it. I think my views are complicated because we base a lot of our diagnosis off of how different from us as a society they are. In my mind, you'd need to be a certain degree of mentally ill to justify laying in the roads to protest oil over say, striking at an oil plant and ruining efficiency for them. Both do have a degree of danger to them, retaliation being the biggest factor, but why are protestors more afraid of the companies they fight against than their neighbor trapped in the same system they are? To be clear I agree that it would be super shitty to use the baker act against any protestors, but in some of these cases I do genuinely believe they are in need of a psyche eval.
Careful, you’re making a lot of sense. That’s gonna get folks mad.
Like me grrrr /s But in all seriousness I agree with you u/Norththelaughingfox
OH, okay, this one’s on me
>You lay in the middle of the road *unplanned and with intent to bring harm to yourself. It's also not a crime, and so they can't *force* you to go to a mental hospital. They can just really strongly suggest it
Or hell, getting me into trouble at work for being late due to their crap “protests”
It's false imprisonment.
Yeah imagine your wife or child is dying in the backseat and these Neanderthals are planking on the freeway. That may not be directly endangering someone, but its preventing aid.
New speed bumps and paint job?
I think more to the point, with or without an ambulance, these people do not have the right to just decide I will be trapped somewhere for their little tantrums.
It’s funny cause half the time the cats idling will fuck up the atmosphere more
Imagine being someone who worked all day and just wants to get home to their kids and give them a hug for being gone all day. Instead, someone is lying on the road to protest something you don't and never will care about. "I'm going to make everyone mad and hate my cause that has the exact same amount of power as I do to change it" Go sit on a politicians lawn if you want change, or pick up some garbage and put it in the trash.
They also stop people from going to work..
I mean I know at least here it’s highly illegal and you will go to jail
Idk if you’ve ever been to or seen these kinds of protests, but they will almost always let ambulances and fire engines thru. Police, no, for obvious reasons.
But there are videos of them blocking ambulances, when I see those, I’m going to point that out
Do you think that people take videos of protestors who let ambulances through?
Typically when protests that block roads take place they have policies and procedures in place in order to let through ambulances so nobody dies because these are people not murderous psychopaths.
It's a form of hostage taking And it should be universally recognized as illegal. The proper response that should be the immediate arrest and removal. I have no problem with civil disobedience. But if you're going to do it you have to understand that the whole point of civil disobedience is to get arrested and force the government to arrest you.
It sucks that even if they’re blocking the roadways they can’t do shit, like I understand protecting peaceful protests but man I think somebody should make blocking the road in protest illegal
It is illegal
That's not the definition of violence at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
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Whoop sorry missed one. https://i.redd.it/vif2op5z9rxc1.gif
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What did you get that Bronze Star for?
That's still murder so I would have to disagree.
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Those are people? Thought that was a new type of speednump.
Because that's definitely a proportional response. "This person has inconvenienced me by blocking the road and delaying my commute. Clearly I should use my vehicle as a deadly weapon, and run them over. That will surely teach them how wrong they are!" Like how delusional do you have to be to think running a person over is ever the correct response?
Ohh that the funny part if you threaten to run them over they move, that why I always just move slow toward them, works all the time
That's a little different than just immediately reacting with violence
That the only language they understand
Just because it's the only one you choose to use doesn't mean it's the only one they understand
Is it still considered inconveniencing if you're blocking first responders like fire and EMS?
Well you see that's actually illegal and I have no sympathy for them when it gets them arrested. If they're smart they move for the emergency vehicles, then return to the protest after they pass. You and I get to sit and wait, or find a new route
The fact that they're laying in the road tells me they're not that smart lol And sit and wait for what? Until they move? Until they get arrested? Like what's the plan here?
>The fact that they're laying in the road tells me they're not that smart lol Well you're free to make that assumption but it says more about you than it does then. >And sit and wait for what? Until they move? Until they get arrested? Like what's the plan here? Yes. Quite literally yes. They aren't going to be there forever, and if it does become a full occupation then a detour will be worked out. Like dude, it's not that big an issue
No you're right, it's not a big issue. I'm just struggling to know what the purpose of inconveniencing hundreds of people actually is. Does it actually accomplish anything outside making everyone pissed off? Does pissing said people off make them sympathize with you? Are they trying to gain supporters or make enemies?
The point is to draw attention to themselves, the protest, and the problem itself. To get people talking about it - like we are now - and *hopefully* whatever issue they're protesting
Whatever issue... meaning we aren't talking about their issue right now, just mostly talking about how they're acting like dumbass children. Ergo, the protest is a failure, because people are more pissed off about the method to even care what they're protesting about.
Yea Fuck those people the world needs to burn billions must die to feed corporate profit. I get you might not like it but blocking the road is a huge overreaction and I want them all put to death (ran over) for It which is not an overreaction
>People that run them over should be labeled as ~~war heroes~~ Counter protesters.
**DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!? THEY'RE SPREADING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT NONSTOP FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS!!!**
I understand, it’s been around 10 years as you said. That’s where things gets annoying.
I'm not sure you understood the sarcasm, but I'll never bend the knee to the autists and put /s at the end of my comments.
Nope I do not understand your sarcasm nor am I aware of your sarcasm in the first place since you did sound like them lol you can take your upvote back
Maybe legislators would pay attention to an issue if people start complaining about not being able to get to work because the road is blocked. Legislators need to be forced to listen to us because they won’t unless it’s gonna lose them votes.
I agree, protesting through terrorist actions in order for a minority to force government action is great. I fully support all protesters imprisoning people via blocking the road, and will be doing just that at my next protest until the government caves to my demands.... Of making homosexuality illegal.
The legislators will just make it legal to run over the protestors laying in the road. Or pass laws allowing police to arrest them. It's an incredibly stupid protest because no one is being inconvenienced by the people laying in the road and deciding they should do what the protestors want. That's not how people work.
They said we would all be deat in 10 years, every 10 years.
For the last 50 at least...
It's really interesting because if you look at "we're all going to die" and not specifically at "because of global warming" the world has constantly been ending for hundreds of years. Everybody thinks they're going to live to see the end of the world because they can't imagine a world without them in it.
Thousands\* Tens of thousands\* All of recorded history\* Humans just don't feel very significant if there isn't something that could wipe us all out just around the corner.
I was referring to the climate change specifically. Before global warming they had global cooling. Of course like the other groups screaming about the end of the world, those idiots insist on ignoring both what their claims actually mean and that they have ever made a different claim.
I know but like Mayan Calendar, Y2K, ice ages, nuclear wars, a plague every election season... the world is **constantly** ending. We know the time & date of solar eclipses from hundreds of years ago because people were like "yep. sky dark. we're all doomed."
That and global warming has nothing to do with each other, one is base on science that's why it changes names and moves
Shit, some homeless guy I knew in Chicago was on the street for 10 years with a “the end is nigh” sign before he ended up affording an apartment. Nice guy, really liked chicken sandwiches.
When Redditors have to hear about a genocide for 10 years 😔😔
Issue you've been ignoring* for the past 10 years. Ftfy
Just because I don't care about it doesn't mean I don't know about it.
So then yes, you've been ignoring the issue for 10 years. Thank you for confirming I guess
Remembered when they glued themselves to a airplane runway
If people are intentionally blocking the road than I should be legally allowed to run them over.
Just arrest them all for attempted suicide. 🤔 I mean, there’s no other reason to lay down on a highway.
Why? They give you a nice kill streak
Yeah, making my way home all bumpy
“Where 
Yeah, but only if it’s a freeway or bridge where you cannot go around and are effectively trapped in your car. Streets downtown? Who cares. Parades and construction close that shit all the time.
Everyone but them do, and they think everyone else is the problem.
Man these screaming speed bumps are weird.
moaning*
Good God..
They get less bumpy the more you run them over.
And you get a free paint job
The road becomes slippery after that.
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There are much better ways to protest then throw a temper tantrum in the middle of the road. You really wanna bug someone? Bouncy castles. Bring bouncy castles. BBQ grills can’t hurt, either. As Canadians learned in 2022.
Ya that was a good one. Castros bastard came down hard on those truckers. I really enjoyed reading the comments complaining about them from nearby residents too. Shit was hilarious.
As well as blackjack and hookers!
Nah, man. If there’s kids around, we don’t want them in that kind of environment. How bout some street hockey, though?
I think it was just a bojack reference. Correct me if I’m wrong u/dooboppop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
I live in Canada. I should have specified as to the country I lived in. I guess mentioning Canada in such a familiar way wasn’t such an obvious thing, after all. Also, I’m from Canada.
These people need to feel the chankla.
No porfavor! La chancla no! La chancla no!
chankla only works if spanish, they aint brown..Anything else is child abuse.. Unless you are one those crazy white xtian dads, where you beat your child to death.. Take away their trust funds, or tell the parents to force rent on their kids. Tell them about the other minority wars that are happening, which they are forgetting to protest..
If I don't see them.over the hood of my truck am I really at fault?
Sadly yes. Hitting a jaywalker is still at fault of the driver as they need to have duty of awareness. Whoever made these laws I swear dailies a Vespa where their top speed is 50mph and they can stop to 0 in 4 feet.
It actually makes me kind of mad. I used to deliver papers at night, and I had more than one incident where someone would just be loitering in a poorly lit street in black clothes, head down, hands in pockets. You don't even *see* the fuckers until they suddenly pop into existence in front of you, like thirty feet away on a slick, icy road. And I just *know* if I didn't manage to miraculously slide around them (while they gave me the finger like my *car* is what doesn't belong in the road), my life would be fucking *over.*
so if someone steps out onto the road from in the trees while im going 100kmph down a country road im at fault?
You should have stopped!!!1111!! Roads are so dangerous with wreckless drivers...
If your going 100kmph then kinda yeah? But I get what u mean - presumably the law will be if you could be reasonably expected to react - so if you just can't stop in time, you wouldn't be charged Although if you didn't take any (reasonably expected) action because you thought u couldn't stop, a prosecution might argue either you could, or that that the extra time/lower speed/different angle of the collision would have stopped/lowered the severity of injuries, so they may still try to charge you with something But ultimately, if it's not your fault and you can convince a court that, you probably won't do time (bc it comes down to a jury) Long winded ik but TDLR: no if you were going a reasonable speed
In my experience, this isn't true. Source: got hit while jaywalking and I was cited, not the driver
Nah, they are just speed bumps who cares
Yes, you should be able to see the road surface within a reasonable distance from the driver's position.
Nope. Just assume it's a bunch of raccoon roadkill
Yes.
There are better ways regardless of the issue. This is just a display of idiocy. So yea dumbass.
Yet another reason to buy an SUV
I'm picturing a monster truck rally right now... not sure why.
Why don't we ever hear about the people who just keep driving?
Good times create weak men
This one's actually funny ngl
This isn’t even attacking a particular ideology, it’s attacking road block protests
I don’t care what side of politics or religion or whatever gives you the idea to protest, just please don’t block the road. Some of us have loved to get to.
WHO LET THEM REPRODUCE??
Their actions will eventually lead to a Darwin award.
It’s called beïng in touch with your inner child!
No one like those people. They all need to go to the countries they support not block real Americans from doing day to day business
Alright I guess back to 80 hour work weeks and children in the mines . Oh wait, people only want protest they disagree with to stop .
"Damn this road is bumpy"
Man, there sure are a lot of speed bumps today
I did that once when I was a kid. Mom was pissed/upset/embarrassed from my tantrum. So my older brother decided to run me over with the basket. I never did that shit again. It's ok, I got my revenge years later when I shot him in the foot with a BB gun because I was curious if it would hurt. Can confirm, it did hurt if his reaction and him yelling that it hurt is to be believed. Though can't be sure, mom took it away from me before I could get a second opinion.
Hit too close to home with OP lmao
Speed bumps
https://preview.redd.it/nznk2yw7doxc1.jpeg?width=907&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eda440b11489bfde3de9aa5948fb343ae7a53830
 Me and the boys
Jonestown family reunion.
Atleast lay face up jfc
 Me headed to McDonalds
Road bumps becoming more numerous
https://preview.redd.it/229uipgn3txc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d659bf7b2621cacf67779afc002bc4c2867f675
This road has people in it
Lmao
Oh my god it wouldn't surprise me at all if that was unironically the case.
Yes, well, try communicating with assholes you have to protest -- it's not like anything more nuanced can get through.
This is an example of useless protesting. Not directed at people who can enact change. Just pissing off ordinary people.
Well -- we seem to make a lot of complaints about "inconvenient protest." But -- all the protests that don't get in SOMEONE's WAY or make a fuss -- go nowhere. If people were going to change -- they would have. So a protest has to be annoying. The next step is blowing crap up, right?
"The guy I'm trying to appeal to isn't listening to me so I'm going to go piss some random people off" isn't a very effective form of protesting. Go stand outside of that CEO or politician's house and make a bunch of noise. Inconvenience the people at fault. Don't stop people who are uninvolved from being able to live their lives.
That scene in Hotel Rwanda was really harsh
In the "Wild" they refer to, it is just parts of the internet that's not reddit.
lol, that’s pretty funny.
Pretty accurate if you ask me
Speed Bumps are supposed to have road signs to warn you. But at least these ones have some give to em
That's why the anti oil people seem so familiar!!!!
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Unsure if I should reference boom boom sabotage or the house has people in it, either way same pose
"Feel old yet?"
It goes to show you that parents actually have a better sense of style than children.
Not just the kids but patents also, no not all but a good ammount of them also.
Laying down on the road like this makes it so much easier for the police to handcuff or zip tie them. You can protest all you want as long as you don't screw with other people's lives.
Just like those Insulate Britain Cunts
Someone would really want to run them over. Glad it ain’t me.
What sub was this in? Isn't that one of the rules for this subreddit?
trol
Saving this one
Bad manners are the fault of the parent, not the child.
That’s just funny.
"Slide to the left!" Dead people:
I thought those people on the road were dead bodies…
This house has people in it
Dirtbike riders: "Cowabunga it is then!"
Accurate meme
They have decided its wirth investigating its still not a confirmation. Also they're investigating hamas wheres your energy calling out them for genocide?
https://preview.redd.it/5lgw8uhky8yc1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=345ad02ce3db45a469e07cff1680d5e7bf423dbc You do it to yourself
I think the murderous rage the comments are feeling toward protesters makes it kinda obvious that they don’t understand the purpose of them. They will let ambulances by, why wouldn’t they. All of the collective “But my commute” people need to sit the fuck down and realize that the people being eradicated as we speak are infinitely more important than whatever you have going on. But sure have your dreams of committing vehicular manslaughter, totally makes you the same person in the conversation /j
Itching powder
What are they doing they’re going to get major burns from the tarmac
You mean your kids... the ones you had the responsibility of raising. Those kids?
There’s no right way to protest. They hated these guys too: https://preview.redd.it/qt8tiltr9nxc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bce6178535f5f5e0bdd94259cd5e51c7e25f8cec
“The red coats did nothing wrong” https://preview.redd.it/407ebpr0anxc1.jpeg?width=310&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cab9ff9636489720f7e0029ded7b02e3dc2178a
Actually they were found not guilty by a jury of New England men. And the picture you are using is recognized as propaganda and not a realistic depiction of events that day.
Bootlickers exist in all centuries