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Florida Driver Ticketed For Warning Others Of Speed Trap: Legal Or Not?

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Old 08-26-2011, 04:20 PM
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Default Florida Driver Ticketed For Warning Others Of Speed Trap: Legal Or Not?

Eric Campbell was driving on Veteran’s Expressway in Tampa, Florida, when he spotted the Florida Highway Patrol cars sitting in the median. Campbell, who was driving the speed limit, did what he’s always done: he flashed his high beams to warn oncoming traffic of the speed trap. One of the Florida State Troopers noticed...
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Old 08-26-2011, 08:30 PM
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dirty rotten bastards..
 
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Old 08-26-2011, 09:12 PM
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Ive gotten the same ticket before. Fought it off
 
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:35 PM
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Leave it to the law to find a new level of CHICKEN SH*T!
 
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Old 08-27-2011, 04:49 PM
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Got a warning for this in Florida years ago. Sometimes its just a matter of calling some thing BS when it looks like BS
 
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A $100.00 dollar ticket for bumping the high beam switch while turning the turn signal seems a little steep. I seem to bump the switch several times a week
 




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