{"id":3406,"date":"2008-05-04T07:51:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2008-05-04T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T12:51:25","slug":"save_my_life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/save_my_life.html","title":{"rendered":"Save My Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, yeah &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/05\/04\/nyregion\/thecity\/04fyi.html?ex=1367553600&#038;en=a7d0389c8c059c1a&#038;ei=5124&#038;partner=permalink&#038;exprod=permalink\">I get it<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Q. The other morning, a film crew was trying to block sidewalk traffic in a busy area of Union Square. Can anyone who is not a police officer lawfully impede my movement in a public area?<\/p>\n<p>A. Yes. Just think of the construction worker who might be saving your life by telling you to please wait for the cement mixer that&#8217;s backing out of a driveway.<\/p>\n<p>As for film crews, the permits issued by the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting give them the right to be at the location defined in the permit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During filming, the production must ensure that a safe public walkway for pedestrians and an emergency lane for traffic are available during the shoot,&#8221; the film office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is appropriate for a production which has received a film permit to request that passers-by not interfere with filming activities. This can be accomplished by asking passers-by to take an alternate route or wait for a short while, as the situation warrants.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, yeah &#8212; I get it: Q. The other morning, a film crew was trying to block sidewalk traffic in a busy area of Union Square. Can anyone who is not a police officer lawfully impede my movement in a public area? A. Yes. Just think of the construction worker who might be saving your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i_dont_care_if_youre_filming_youre_in_my_goddamn_way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}