A traffic ticket dispute in Oregon turns into a bigger fight over free-speech rights
In 2013, Mats Jarlstrom's wife got a $260 ticket in the mail for running a red light.
It wasn't exactly the crime of the century. A camera caught her Volkswagen passing through a Beaverton, Ore., intersection 0.12 second after the light turned from yellow to red.
Other people might curse, pay the fine and forget about it.
But Jarlstrom, who earned a degree in electronic engineering in Sweden, got curious: How are yellow lights timed? He decided to investigate.
Little did he know that his quest would land him with an even bigger fine and morph into a battle over free speech
