Sure, Bonin said, some pedestrians blatantly break the law, impede traffic and deserve tickets.
Most LMICs lack the basic capacity for any tobacco control research, and major disciplinary gaps in behavioral sciences, economics, and law impede progress in developing policy-relevant research.
In 155 countries, there's also at least one law impeding women's economic opportunities - in the DRC and Niger, women need their husband's permission to open a bank account, in Pakistan, to apply for a national ID card.
Proponents of change say the law impedes economic development and contend that Brazil must open more land for agriculture.
But the law impedes any pipe dreams of pregame flight.
The ongoing enforcement of cannabis prohibition financially burdens taxpayers, encroaches upon civil liberties, engenders disrespect for the law, impedes legitimate scientific research into the plant's medicinal properties and disproportionately affects communities of color.
Human rights groups say Turkey's anti-terror laws impede freedom of expression and have been used frequently to indict journalists and other government critics.
Recent advances in technology encourage the consolidation of the multitrillion-dollar market for over-the-counter derivatives, even as United States laws impede its development, Mr. Greenspan said in testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
According to Imperial College's Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, a researcher into the effects of drugs on the brain, "The current laws impede our research due to the requirement for a Schedule 1 drug license, which is expensive, takes a while to set-up and requires maintenance fees and check-ups.
How many studies have to come out that show that voter I.D. laws impede the ability of legitimate, registered, American citizens to vote?
If your parents don't have a history of participating, they haven't voted, then you're likely not learning how to navigate the process," Smith told HuffPost Black Voices, referring to her frustrations over the way the new laws impede the group's ability to register voters, particularly those least likely to have participated in the political process.
