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Court: Flashing Headlights to Warn of Speed Trap Likely Protected as Free Speech

A federal court judge is Missouri last week held that several drivers would likely prevail in their free speech lawsuit challenging a state law that makes it illegal to flash your headlights to warn other drivers of a speed trap ahead. So reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The court issued the holding, the first of its kind ever rendered by a federal court, in the context of granting a preliminary injunction that enjoins the city of Ellsville from detaining, ticketing, or arresting drivers for flashing their headlights.

Read the full article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

 

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