11.   Sharpton was convicted in November on two counts of obstructing traffic at the protest.

12.   Sidewalk vendors and informal markets choke city streets, obstructing traffic and strangling established businesses.

13.   The drivers are notorious for overloading the vans, reckless driving and obstructing traffic as they aggressively compete for passengers.

14.   In Lagos, where the shortage is acute, hundreds of cars can daily be seen lined up outside petrol stations, some of them obstructing traffic.

15.   The protesters, in marches before City Hall and the national Congress, held placards showing images of environmental destruction, and obstructed traffic on a principle traffic artery.

16.   The authorities have allowed the protestors the right to rally but not to march in the streets, since they say that could obstruct traffic.

17.   The authorities have banned marches on the basis that they obstruct traffic, but in practice allow demonstrators to walk on the pavements.

18.   The long arm of the law got its hands on News Bunny on Thursday and charged the furry Staffordshire Southeast by-election candidate with obstructing traffic.