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Old May 19th 17, 01:23 AM posted to rec.autos.driving,misc.survivalism,misc.legal,alt.politics.liberalism,talk.politics.guns
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Default NC motorists who hit protesters blocking roadways will be legally protected under proposed bill



"Siri Cruise" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Scout" > wrote:
>
>> "Wayne" > wrote in message
>> news
>> > On 5/16/2017 3:04 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
>> >> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/08...it-protestors-
>> >> blocking-roadways-will-be-legally-protected-under-proposed-bill.html
>> >>
>> >> Drivers in North Carolina might soon be allowed to plow their cars
>> >> through
>> >> protesters forming human walls on the road.
>> >>
>> >> A new bill approved by the state House will legally protect motorists
>> >> who
>> >> hit protesters blocking the road‹as long as they ³exercise due care,²
>> >> according to The News & Observer in Raleigh.
>> >>
>> >> House Bill 330 was approved in a 67-48 vote late last week. The bill
>> >> was
>> >> drafted in response to protests in Charlotte that paralyzed traffic
>> >> last
>> >> fall.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Looks like a sensible bill. Here in LA there have been gangs of thugs
>> > closing the 110 freeway through downtown. I'll bet the motorists
>> > inconvenienced would welcome such a bill in CA.

>>
>> Well, if motorists would decide to clip the first couple jumping out into
>> traffic, I bet the rest would be a lot less eager to follow.
>>
>>

>
> And then you find out at your trial that was a police officer making a
> traffic
> stop or a roadworker.



That doesn't absolve them of their responsibility to not place themselves
into harm's way, or to intentionally become a traffic hazard that endangers
the lives and property of others.


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