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Yes, it IS fun, isn't it? I enjoy it more than I probably should.
There's a large curve in the road just down from my house, and cops sit on one side of it with a radargun and pull people over left and right. Since the speed limit at the curve is 25 mph (as opposed to 35 mph every where else) it's a real money maker. Worth noting that there's never been an accident along this stretch in the 9 years I've lived here.
So, did the judge rule well or no?
A judge in Sanford ruled Tuesday that a Lake Mary man was lawfully exercising his First Amendment rights when he flashed his headlights to warn neighbors that a deputy had set up a speed trap nearby.
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According to his suit, [Ryan] Kintner was home Aug. 10 when he saw a deputy park along a street and pull out his radar gun. Kintner then got in his car, drove a couple of blocks away, parked and pointed his vehicle at oncoming traffic and began flashing his lights.
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That decision is another victory for Kintner, 25, who sued the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office last year, accusing it of misconstruing a state law and violating his civil rights, principally his right to free speech.
He was ticketed Aug. 10 by a Seminole County deputy, but Kintner alleges the officer misapplied a state law designed to ban motorists from flashing after-market emergency lights.
Circuit Judge Alan Dickey earlier ruled that that state law does not apply to people who did what Kintner did, using his headlights to communicate.
On Tuesday the judge went a step further, saying people who flash their headlights to communicate are engaging in behavior protected by the U.S. Constitution.
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"This stuff is fun," Jones [the lawyer] said after Tuesday’s hearing.
Yes, it IS fun, isn't it? I enjoy it more than I probably should.
There's a large curve in the road just down from my house, and cops sit on one side of it with a radargun and pull people over left and right. Since the speed limit at the curve is 25 mph (as opposed to 35 mph every where else) it's a real money maker. Worth noting that there's never been an accident along this stretch in the 9 years I've lived here.
So, did the judge rule well or no?