Watch Clashes On City Roads As Driver Tells Protesters: ‘You Better Move’

Watch Clashes On City Roads As Driver Tells Protesters: ‘You Better Move’

This is the dramatic moment tensions erupted between road safety protesters and a motorist taking a child to hospital. The demonstrators invaded a busy city centre road amid a “crisis on Birmingham’s roads” which has seen three tragedies in just five days.

The protest, organised by Better Streets for Birmingham, brought together around 40 people to demand urgent action to end road accidents in the city. They demonstrated at Old Snow Hill traffic lights, close to where a man in his 60s was tragically killed.




They marched with “No More Deaths” signs as the lights turned green for pedestrians (red for traffic) and stopped for about 30 seconds at a time before returning to the sidewalks. But at one of the first protests, a driver told them they had to go to an appointment because there was a baby in the car.

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As they continued to stand on the road, the driver of the car began yelling at the protesters and was warned by one of them: “You’re on camera.” Despite the warning, he was seen getting out of the car and saying: “You better move because I swear to God someone else is going to get killed.”

He continued: “Move now. I have a baby in the car that needs to be taken to the hospital. Don’t stay on the road or you will be killed.” He then slammed his door and started to drive away, despite the protesters in his path.


One of the protesters was seen shouting at the driver. The protester later told BirminghamLive he was not scared but was unsure what could have happened.

The tense moment was caught on camera

Protester Colin Nimmo said: “I can take care of myself. But like everyone else, I don’t want to go to the emergency room because it’s not a pleasant experience.