Mexico has always been a popular tourist destination for San Diegans, and a new policy may make it even more appealing to local drivers.
A new program called the bilingual ticket is designed to make traveling to Mexico easier and to save a lot of time.
While getting a traffic ticket is never fun, if a driver got a traffic ticket in Mexico in the past, it had to be paid for in person at a Mexican
police station, where the lines could be very long.
Now, drivers can avoid that problem in the cities of Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. Drivers there who are pulled over for minor infractions can ask
for a bilingual ticket, which can be paid for by mail after returning to the United States. Tecate and Mexicali are expected to offer the bilingual
ticket in about four months.
"What we're trying to do is make it easier," said Ives Lelevier, the deputy secretary of tourism in Baja California. "Not distract time from your stay
in Baja California."
In related news, travelers to Baja are being urged to remember the number 078, which is the tourist hot line. It can be called from any public or cell
phone and has lots of helpful information. Dave - 3-25-2005 at 06:32 PM
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Originally posted by grover
I would be somewhat ticked off about this new program, to say the least, if I was a patrolman in those cities.
Only if you were a dishonest patrolman. Why would you want to accommodate them?elgatoloco - 3-25-2005 at 07:05 PM
muy bueno.Bruce R Leech - 3-25-2005 at 07:31 PM
are you ashamed of this post or what Anonymous? did your mother give you a funny name?Bruce R Leech - 3-25-2005 at 08:43 PM
Grover .......I've only paid two $20 bribes in my life, and both times I bet it would have been hundred$ up here.
Bruce....... so it is OK to encourage corruption if it saves you some money?
