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How do you like it??
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Just fine. I like the Komando unit more....dual lens and all. It's the one I referred to above.
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The maximum fine for a traffic violation is a days minimum wages which is about $8-9 a day except for vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving. If you
did violate the traffic laws offer to pay the bribe. If they are shaking you down demand to see the judge, this usually makes them let you go because
the judge gets the money and it takes the cop off the road so they can't shake down others. In TJ they have card readers that take you driver info and
you can pay with it. Make sure all of your light bulbs work and do what every you can to keep from driving at night. What ever you do don't panic,
they are like sharks smelling blood. The last time I was stopped in Tecate I demanded to see the judge and I accused them trying to shake me down. It
also helps that I am 6'4" and weigh 270lbs. I acted like a mad man, they couldn't get away from me fast enough. There use to be a phone number to
call to turn in crooked cops. You put the numbers on a piece of paper and tape to the back of your license. Whet the cop turns over your license to
get the bribe they see these numbers. If it is a real cop they know that they could be fired or taken off the beat.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baconjr
Whet the cop turns over your license to get the bribe they see these numbers. If it is a real cop they know that they could be fired or taken off the
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Here's my previous post from page two of this thread. I'm trying to find out if the numbers still work?
In doing my "due diligence" for my first trip south in many years I clipped this (below) from a way earlier thread. Does it have any validity now or
for these situations in Tecate (my POE) and how can I get more info on this? 078? what else do I need to dial as I will have a trow away ATT phone
while down there.
"There is a very strong social pressure to make northern Baja safe for the return of tourists. There are special tourist police and you may call 078
at any time and (in English) request help, even when stopped by regular police."
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
Here's my previous post from page two of this thread. I'm trying to find out if the numbers still work?
Does it have any validity now or for these situations in Tecate (my POE) and how can I get more info on this? 078? what else do I need to dial as I
will have a trow away ATT phone while down there.
"There is a very strong social pressure to make northern Baja safe for the return of tourists. There are special tourist police and you may call 078
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Common sense will tell you it's a PR fantasy to placate tourists who get caught up in a mordida scam. The phone number may be there, and someone may
even answer the phone, but in reality, what are they going to do about it?
What you will be required to do, if the fantasy goes too far, is accuse a police officer of a crime, ........an accusation you won't be able to
prove. That in itself is a crime......a serious crime in Mexico.
Does it ever occur to anyone that the offending cop may simply and adamantly deny the accusation? Say it's all just a misunderstanding? Then, what
do you have?
I'll tell you what you have........a city you won't be able to drive through in the future.
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is this version of "smokey n the bandit" the TJ to Cabo 1?
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Buford T Justice rides again in Baja :-) :-) :-)
He be in "hot pursuit"!
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I'll tell you what you have........a city you won't be able to drive through in the future.
I pray for such an encounter. When a transito stopped me in Monclova, and demanded to search my vehicle, I told him if he so much as touched my car I
would tell his sargento he demanded 5,000 pesos from me.
Leverage their WEAKNESS don't butt heads with their strength. Greed and mistrust runs RAMPANT in most oficinas de transito.
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Just remember, it may be expedient to pay a mordida and be on your way, but when you do, you are not doing yourself or anyone else any favors, you are
just perpetuating a f-ed up system and training the police that gringos are an easy mark. Relax, demand to be given the infraction, then go to the
comandancia and pay, 9 times out of 10, you will be let off with a warning because the officer will be afraid that you will tell his superior that he
solicited a bribe.
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Learned a long time ago to be very respectful of the law. Yes Sir. No Sir. Be humble and passive. Bad things can happen if you aren't. That's the way
it is north or south of the border.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
9 times out of 10, you will be let off with a warning because the officer will be afraid that you will tell his superior that he solicited a bribe.
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And, his superior......when he worked the streets, was he clean? Was he Serpico in front of all his rotten peers?
They all do this mordida thing. It's the structure of the game.
If the cop drops his demands for money, it's because you, the victim, didn't just roll over out of fear. You became more trouble than you were worth.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
9 times out of 10, you will be let off with a warning because the officer will be afraid that you will tell his superior that he solicited a bribe.
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And, his superior......when he worked the streets, was he clean? Was he Serpico in front of all his rotten peers?
They all do this mordida thing. It's the structure of the game.
If the cop drops his demands for money, it's because you, the victim, didn't just roll over out of fear. You became more trouble than you were worth.
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Yes, but he's probably not giving his boss his proper share.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Learned a long time ago to be very respectful of the law. Yes Sir. No Sir. Be humble and passive. Bad things can happen if you aren't. That's the way
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I can see my next trip down after 20 yrs layoff will be an education. In all the times I did drive down I never got tagged for the payoff, even when I
wound up the wrong way on a one way street in TJ. This time will tell me if I want to continue in the future.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
I can see my next trip down after 20 yrs layoff will be an education. In all the times I did drive down I never got tagged for the payoff, even when I
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Don't worry about it too much, I've been here for over 20 years and can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have
been pulled over.
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I drive at night all the time, and have never had any problems. When I work, I work at night, but I leave during the day, and the same with going out.
I drive from where I live across the border, and back, nowhere else, because it's easier to take a cab, and the only other places that I go are to
the grocery store(Soriana), or downtown, when I'm going to walk across the border.
I saw a form to give to a police officer to fill out if you get stopped, but I don't remember where I saw it, but maybe someone else will.
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DENNIS
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I saw a form to give to a police officer to fill out if you get stopped, but I don't remember where I saw it, but maybe someone else will.
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It's in your checkbook. Be generous.
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tjsue
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
I saw a form to give to a police officer to fill out if you get stopped, but I don't remember where I saw it, but maybe someone else will.
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It's not a check. It's a form for the officer to fill and give to you with all of his information, so that you can report him.
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if you do ever get pulled over, drop david E's name. first they will start shaking uncontrollably, then either pass out, pee their pants(or worse), or
just take off at a dead run. works every time!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
It's not a check. It's a form for the officer to fill and give to you with all of his information, so that you can report him.
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Ohhhh...that form.
I think he should just hand you his pistol so you could drain it in his chest.
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