A Missouri man recently got a ticket for flashing his headlights to warn oncoming fellow travelers that a police car was waiting around the corner. Now he’s filing a class action lawsuit for what he calls a violation of his freedom of speech.

Most drivers are appreciative when a fellow driver signals about a speed checkpoint ahead.

A Missouri man was recently ticketed for flashing his headlights to warn oncoming fellow travelers that a police car was waiting around the corner.

According to the officers who issued it, the man was obstructing justice.

The case was eventually thrown out, but now the driver is taking on city hall with a class action lawsuit. He says that ticketing people for using headlights to alert others is a violation of free speech.

In some states, it’s already considered to be in opposition of the first amendment.

Just this year, a Florida law went into effect giving a stamp of approval to the headlight heads-up.

That act followed a lawsuit similar to the one being initiated by the Missouri man.

Other states that don’t have a problem with it include Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Alaska and Arizona strictly forbid the practice of flashing high beams in general.