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Charles Oliver | 4.3.2006 12:00 AM

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When Nick Lenthall drove past a group of police officers manning a speed check near Bournemouth, England, he honked his horn and gave them a thumbs up. The entire unit then got into a van, chased him down and gave him a ticket for "unnecessary use of audible warning equipment."

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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