So you're on a crucial journey and...

You could be on an important journey and numerous things could happen along the way that meant you could not continue the journey as planned by car...

... I suggest that the answer would be the same as any of those, which would be find an alternative means of making the journey and/or suck it up.
 
Lol999 said:
the road is blocked, you have no space to turn around and you're going nowhere fast because Extreme Rebellion have decided to lay down in the road and bring the place to a standstill.
The protestors ignore your appeal to whatever better nature - what would you do?
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Turn the car around if possible and leave it running with the exhaust exit facing towards there face ;)
 
Lol999 said:
the road is blocked, you have no space to turn around and you're going nowhere fast because Extreme Rebellion have decided to lay down in the road and bring the place to a standstill.
You get out of your car and go and appeal to them explaining that you have a poorly relative who needs your help and there's no one else to help them.
It isn't life threatening but they are still ill or in need of care that you provide.
The protestors ignore your appeal to whatever better nature - what would you do?
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Happened in Cambridge. Smelly ******** held ambulances attending emergency call.
The only way to reduce pollution is through population control. So if those so concerned cease to exist, the remaining will see some improvement.
 
ianh said:
In reality - Nothing, as I'm a decent bloke who tries to avoid hurting others as much as possible.

In Clown World - I 100% wish the police would do this - leave them there - you can rent a few temporary "ditch bridges" (30ft long 4ft off the ground & designed for farmers/country folk to drive over trenches) to allow both lanes to keep flowing at a reduced (but acceptable) rate whilst the protesters stay underneath - both sides win that way!

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I prefer my idea, may take a bit longer to set up, but more... Permanent ;)
 
Threepwood said:
Do you honestly believe there is no way the world could reduce pollution other than population control?

If there were, would you be willing to try?
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I'm already doing. No children. I don't believe the world is sustainable as it's and it's going.to be worst. To feed billions, what would be a solution?
Have you ever heard of the experiment with rats and cats?
Basically, rats were left in a locked area. Food was provided. They would procreate, without any sign of slowing down, until the food was enough for all. Once the food was reduced, or were too many rats, the rate which the numbers increased, severely slowed down. The same happened with cats.
Now, considering that we are living longer, consuming more, cheaper flights, food from across the ocean, how do you expect to sustain it all?
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
Guys, you do realise that they glue themselves to the road, right? So if you try to pretend that you're going to run them over or threaten them with weapons as per Asim post, then the protesters aren't actually able to move anyway. That's going by their protests from earlier in the week.

The bigger issue is that there are too many cars on the road. Out of everyone who drives from A to B, how many of them actually NEED to make that trip? People need to move online more. 9-5 workers in non customer-facing roles can work from home. Food can be ordered online so a Tesco van can deliver 20 orders instead of 20 cars all going to Tesco. Public transport needs improving too. A half-full single decker bus is about 20 people, so again another 20 cars off the road.
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People need to move online more? Say what?
9-5 workers in non customer-facing roles can work from home. I'd happily do this, you gonna convince my employer?
Food can be ordered online so a Tesco van can deliver 20 orders instead of 20 cars all going to Tesco. NOt all supermarkets deliver, not eveyone is in catchment area.
A half-full single decker bus is about 20 people, so again another 20 cars off the road. Ticket prices in the UK are laughable, about 4 stops here costs a fiver for a return.
 
touch said:
If you can't manage a 3-point turn you shouldn't be driving.
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aside from roads possible having a legal sign forbidding U-turns, there's this little thing called "dimensions", which relate to measurements, meaning there are plenty of places you can be where there isn't room to 3-point a vehicle. but hey, don't let simple logic get in the way of you making a snarky comment, yeah?
 
wolfie138 said:
aside from roads possible having a legal sign forbidding U-turns, there's this little thing called "dimensions", which relate to measurements, meaning there are plenty of places you can be where there isn't room to 3-point a vehicle. but hey, don't let simple logic get in the way of you making a snarky comment, yeah?
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They're hardly going to protest a single track road are they? In which case carriageways are of a typical minimum width which is more than sufficient to do a 3-point turn in.
 
Dis86 said:
Isn't the whole point of these protests that they don't want to die?
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If you're being generous you might believe that.

A cynic like me would look at the typical composition of such "protesters", and conclude that at least 50% of them are simply the unwashed, hippy types that do this for jollies.

They often don't have a point they just like being disruptive. See the "black lives matter" airport shutdown in this country. A bunch of numpties who just laughed when the media interviewed them to ask what they were protesting about. Because nothing says "legitimate protest" like finding serious disruption hilarious.
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
A half-full single decker bus is about 20 people, so again another 20 cars off the road. Ticket prices in the UK are laughable, about 4 stops here costs a fiver for a return.
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Plus the routes, timings and bus stop locations can also make Buses a less than useful resource, even in well thought-out cities rather than just being a countryside issue. In Stoke back in the 90's it was £1 for a return ticket from most stops to the end destination. So if you wanted to go into Hanley (the shopping area) at a weekend (a 15min trip for me), then it was £1 and the buses were always packed, arrived every 15 minutes, did numerous routes etc. Now the same trip is now £4 for the same 15 minute ride, the timings are worse, that means the buses are more packed so sometimes you can't get on as the bus won't stop if it's already full and the "main" shopping is moving away from town centres into retail parks on the outskirts which aren't visited by buses that often.

Dis86 said:
They're hardly going to protest a single track road are they? In which case carriageways are of a typical minimum width which is more than sufficient to do a 3-point turn in.
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These were dual carriageways that the last group glued themselves too so no U-Turning until the HA and Police arrive.
 
Dis86 said:
They're hardly going to protest a single track road are they? In which case carriageways are of a typical minimum width which is more than sufficient to do a 3-point turn in.
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you've obviously never come across main roads narrowed by roadworks, other lanes etc etc....
 
wolfie138 said:
you've obviously never come across main roads narrowed by roadworks, other lanes etc etc....
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Clearly have except those things are in the minority. If they're protesting a single carriageway then the other lane would be blocked too ergo that point is utter crap. Basically you're reaching. I mean hey, what if space aliens landed in the other lane at that exact second stopping him doing one then as well eh?
 
wolfie138 said:
it's not murder when it's ****hole attention whores pretending to be protesters.
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They're not pretending to be protesters, they are protesters. And the attention whoring is the whole point. That's you know...how protests work. If nobody's paying attention to you it's not a very good protest, is it?
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
A half-full single decker bus is about 20 people, so again another 20 cars off the road. Ticket prices in the UK are laughable, about 4 stops here costs a fiver for a return.
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So much this, £10/day + 1.5hrs each way using public transport vs 35p and 25 mins in the car? Tough choice!!
 
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