I remember back in 2002, one of my coworkers, a hardcore libertarian, got one of those notices (not a ticket but it was when our law was new then) at a checkpoint and complained (rightly so) on hoe we are becoming a police state.
Nowadays, for saying that, your friend would get slammed to the ground, handcuffed and tasered..in that order. If the cops happened to be in that person`s house, they`d herd the family into the living room and make them watch as the cops pump multiple rounds into the family dog just for the intimidation effect.