I don't think being pulled from your car and beaten by an angry mob is the typical definition of inconvenience.

Had they been pulled from their vehicle, sure.

In this instance they appear to be the ones doing the pushing (of protestors) and pulling (of horses).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CnkBVEJ0Y

Neither the driver or the protesters should have been acting like a-holes, but the driver has a higher standard of care given that they're operating a 3+ ton hunk of metal and plastic.

I think the point of such laws is to shift more of the standard of care to pedestrians illegally protesting on roads meant to transport 3 ton hunks of metal.