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Wilbur4s
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Speed Traps Highway 1
Should we expect radar anywhere on highway 1? I expect to observe posted speed limits in towns, but am wondering whether Mexico highway patrol has
the resources to mount radar traps.
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windgrrl
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Yes. There was one outside La Paz last November, about 15 minutes north of the city. They were using a hand held radar "gun".
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
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No traps
It's called speed enforcement............ 
The majority, if not all, of the Federal Police have radar. If they use it is a different matter.
I have also seen the Ensenada Municipal Police use radar.
A good radar detector will find radar before it finds you, even if the radar is in pulse mode..........LADAR or LASER speed detection is a horse of a
different color
[Edited on 4-15-2014 by bajaguy]
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between vizcaino and g-negro
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| Quote: | Originally posted by aguachico
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Ditto....have seen them there several times.
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I think it's a great thing and they should do much more radar enforcement.
The vast, vast majority of accidents along Rt. 1 are from excessive speed. Both Mexican nationals and Gringos offend. The big trucks drive too fast.
Gringos towing wide boats drive like idiots. And worst of all, younger Mexicans with new pickups driving at eighty and passing in totally crazy
places.
I have little against suicide but this behavior is like an airplane bomber. It endangers other people. It has gotten worse in the last few years as
more people buy bigger pickups. For me, it is the most feared part of an otherwise tranquil experience of driving in Baja.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I have also seen the Ensenada Municipal Police use radar.
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They used to use a Tecate can on a stick. Have they upgraded their equipment?
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Wilbur4s
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2 more related questions:
a) If one were to get caught, what would one expect to occur? What would be the penalty? una mordida en el momemnto? Or would one have to surrender
one's license and appear in court?
b) Would one expect that these "enforcement" efforts would occur in the vicinity of towns/cities, or in the middle of nowhere?
So technically, that's 5 questions.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Wilbur4s
a) If one were to get caught, what would one expect to occur? What would be the penalty? una mordida en el momemnto?
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For certain. That's what Radar is...a pay raise for a cop.
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Wilbur4s
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And I forgot, how much of a multa or mordida should one expect?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Wilbur4s
And I forgot, how much of a multa or mordida should one expect? |
"Don't pay anything. insist on seeing the judge." .........That's the official answer. Anything else is up to you. There is no "normal" amount for
mordida as there is for a multa and that will vary from place to place.
Just drive safely and pay attention to allowed speeds.
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[Edited on 4-15-2014 by DENNIS]
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Maryland is a police state
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
It's called speed enforcement............
The majority, if not all, of the Federal Police have radar. If they use it is a different matter.
I have also seen the Ensenada Municipal Police use radar.
A good radar detector will find radar before it finds you, even if the radar is in pulse mode..........LADAR or LASER speed detection is a horse of a
different color
[Edited on 4-15-2014 by bajaguy] |
The MD State police use confiscated vehicles ranging from VWs to tractor trailers to set up their LADAR. Here's a typical set up in Howard County
where I used to live:
Bob Durrell
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Wilbur4s
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durrelllrobert, what's that got to do with Baja?
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turns out the GT200 doubles nicely as a radar detector! prove em otherwise.
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mulegemichael
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been stopped 3 different times for speeding in baja...all by federales...got off all 3 times with a warning...so all is not bad!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Wilbur4s
durrelllrobert, what's that got to do with Baja? |
Yo no se nada. Just comparison of well marked radar cars in Baja vs other places.
Bob Durrell
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last week neighbors got flagged outside San qUINTIN.
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I've been pulled over twice. On one I paid mordida because I wanted to be out of that situation as quickly as possible, because I was the designated
driver for several that had had too much to drink. I placed (2) $20 bills in my wallet clip, so that when I pulled my license to be viewed, the
officer (there were two) could see the 2 $20's. My suspicion is that if you show more cash, then the mordida price just goes up to match what you
have. It worked, I gave him the (2) $20's and I was on my way. BTW, the problem was I was parked next to the curb in the wrong direction on a one
way street (not signed) and not traveled by many vehicles.
On the second instance, my license plate on my ATV trailer was missing because it got torn off while traveling down a Baja off road. The trailer was
registered current, I could prove that, but not having a license plate was all the officer was focused on. He wanted mordida, and I refused, saying I
had not done anything wrong and would cure the license plate problem when I got back to my US state. He threatened to take me to the court in an
attempt to get the mordida, but I stood my ground on this one because I had the time to do so. He figured out soon that he did not have a good
prospect in me, and while he was dealing with me time was passing by that he could be ripping off others. He gave up, and I was on my way.
So, I think the circumstances under which you get pulled over, the time you have to fight it, being wrong or right, all play into your level of
resistance.
If you do decide to pay the mordida, don't show a lot of cash, only a nominal amount you're willing to part with.
Good luck. Steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gulliver
I think it's a great thing and they should do much more radar enforcement.
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Totally agree, more radar and less speed bumps. Them damn things make me slow down from 80 to 60.
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Saw them this Monday with radar just south of Ensenada right north of the abandoned military checkpoint
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