Has anyone gotten any new word on the rip off artists in Catavina? Also is it permissable for a local cop in Catavina to write a ticket on Mex. 1?
Thought ony PFP could write tags on that road??
Been through there a couple times, have not seen them, I go through no more them 30KPH.....Any news out there.
el VikingoJESSE - 11-11-2004 at 04:46 PM
ONLY Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP) can give tickets there, anybody else doing this is violating the law.
I am sure the PFP would love to hear from you if you got ticketed by anyone other than them.
PFP
Capt. George - 11-11-2004 at 07:10 PM
kept a copy of the summons...rolled over cause I was speeding.....had I known the real deal I would have told them to pack their respective asses with
salt....
next time, they will meet the real me.
Gracias amigos..........VikingoBruce R Leech - 11-11-2004 at 07:51 PM
They only have one Lt. of gas and one bullet and 4 bald tires,
Go for it.synch - 11-15-2004 at 09:40 AM
So how do you handle it when pulled over?El Jefe - 11-15-2004 at 05:58 PM
This has worked for me the last few times. When I get pulled over for being Gringo I never let on that I speak Spanish. This oftem makes it more
difficult for the cop to make his point. I do not let him intimidate me. I calmly tell him that I have done nothing wrong and disagree politely when
he tells me that I did whatever made up infraction he aludes to. I listen to him go on and on about the "problema" and just keep looking him in the
eye with a blank look. If he says we have to go to the station, I say sure, no problem because I have all the time in the world. It would be rare that
he would want you to really follow him since he wouldn't get any money out of you at the station. And if you do have to pay, it will be less at the
station. Mexico fines are very low by US standards. I NEVER offer any money on the spot. Once they figure out that they can't intimidate you, they
lose interest and try to snag the next chump. Now, if I've been going 85 MPH on the highway and the patrol pulls me over, I would expect to get a
ticket and have to pay a fine. I've never been pulled over for a ligitimate infraction, so I'm no expert on that. BTW, the best practice is to pull
over where there are other people like at a roadside restaurant, llantera etc. instead of in the middle of nowhere...that goes for CHP in USA too!elgatoloco - 11-15-2004 at 07:33 PM
I HAVE been pulled over for a legitimate infraction, speeding. I was full prepared to pay the price.
Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
They only have one Lt. of gas and one bullet and 4 bald tires,
Go for it.
classic statement there bud !!!
Sorry to resurrect this, but......
Hook - 12-2-2004 at 09:53 AM
.....I saw a post on a fairly prominent Baja website that was claiming that the section of hwy through Catavina proper is one of those sections that
are not controlled by the SCT. So, it may be possible that the local cops might have jurisdiction over that area and could write tickets.
I believe I saw the SUV with the light bar in question when I passed thru T-giving week. BTW, how long has that temporary police substation been there
on the east side of the hwy? That's where the SUV was parked.
