I was just providing the correct statement to make as far as the statute is concerned, for any driver who might have the misfortune of being caught up in a raucous mob blocking a highway in NC.
I know what you mean.
But I find it interesting (and great!) that from a legal point of view, you could not say anything, and the burden would be on the state to prove that you didn’t fear for your life, rather than on you to prove that you did.