Arrest For Obstruction In Pennsylvania
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When an object is unlawfully blocking your passage on a road, it is considered a road obstruction. These can sometimes make driving dangerous and put you at risk for getting into an accident.
(a) Impeding movement of traffic prohibited. --Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, no person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
--A person, who, having no legal privilege to do so, intentionally or recklessly obstructs any highway, railroad track or public utility right-of-way, sidewalk, navigable waters, other public passage, whether alone or with others, commits a summary offense, or, in case he persists after warning by a law officer, a ...
Obstruction of Traffic means the intentional act of walking, standing, sitting, lying, or placing or use of an object in any manner that results in the interference, slowing or interruption of the passage of the normal flow of vehicles on the Road.
Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others.
--A person, who, having no legal privilege to do so, intentionally or recklessly obstructs any highway, railroad track or public utility right-of-way, sidewalk, navigable waters, other public passage, whether alone or with others, commits a summary offense, or, in case he persists after warning by a law officer, a ...
For example, if a crime is committed in an officer's presence or if there are circumstances like a risk of evidence destruction, an arrest can be made without a warrant. These exceptions are rooted in the need for immediate law enforcement action to prevent harm or secure justice.
