I'm actually not sure what the legal criteria are around blocking roads. I mean, it's not unusual for protests to block roads, but there's usually some amount

I'm actually not sure what the legal criteria are around blocking roads. I mean, it's not unusual for protests to block roads, but there's usually some amount of rule-bending when it comes to protests -- that's often the point. I don't know if you can literally apply for a permit to have a protest that blocks a highway in most jurisdictions. I'd imagine in most cases you'd have the police come and give everyone a ticket and/or tow their vehicles. There is a significant recent precedent when it comes to vehicles blocking roads: there was the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest > "Beginning January 22, hundreds of vehicles formed convoys from several points and traversed Canadian provinces before converging on Ottawa on January 29, 2022, with a rally at Parliament Hill. The convoys were joined by thousands of pedestrian protesters. Several offshoot protests blockaded provincial capitals and border crossings with the United States." ... > "Between February 17 and 20, a large joint-operation police presence in Ottawa arrested organizers and protesters, removed parked vehicles, and dismantled blockades from Ottawa streets. By February 21, most of the protesters had been cleared from Ottawa." So, if you're right wing, you can shut down major cities for weeks with minimal consequences. I don't think EV owners protesting the sorry state of infrastructure would get the same treatment.