Sunday, August 28, 2011

Is flashing your headlights a free speech issue?


Is flashing your headlights illegal or a free speech issue? Well at least one judge sided with the First Amendment.

"Alexis Cason, pictured above, was on her way to school one morning when she spotted two Oviedo police officers on the side of the road. She flashed her headlights to warn other drivers about the speed trap ahead. Moments later, another cop pulled her over and wrote her a ticket, saying she'd just broken the law by flashing her lights.

Law, she asked, what law? Cason, 22, challenged the ticket and won."

Here is more about the story.

Remember, the First Amendment means whatever the courts say it means.

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