Can you get arrested for warning drivers of a speed trap? Yes.
Is warning of a speed trap ahead鈥攂y holding a sign and standing in the median of a highway鈥攁 misdemeanor?
That's what Ron Martin was charged with聽聽for alerting oncoming motorists of the discreet enforcement via a 鈥減olice ahead鈥� sign.
A law aims to curb those from holding business signs on public property, although Martin says that doesn't apply to him as he's not operating as a business or aiming to profit from the venture.聽
Curiously, the man also says that he's not opposed to the idea of speed traps, and says that his behavior had the same (theoretical) motivations鈥攖o get drivers to slow down.聽
Most municipalities already warn in a general sense, via signs, usually at city limits, of traffic-law and speed enforcement; and some states have decided that it's legal for motorists to give alerts to others鈥攊n primitive form via headlights, for instance, or through more sophisticated electronic information via apps like Trapster.
The man's case is headed to a municipal court. Based on聽, it's unclear if the motivations of this man and the arresting officers are as聽聽as said. How and to what degree can we inform others about 'hidden' speed enforcement?
