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antny1963
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Traffic ticket in Tijuana
What happens to your CA drivers license if you do not pay a traffic ticket from Tijuana? Does that get reported to the DMV in CA? Some people have
said they have new agreements with the state, others say that it does not work. Any opinions?
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bajaguy
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Traffic ticket
Pay it by mail
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yellowklr
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no it doesn't get reported to CA DMV
NO CHANCE AT ALL
Derek
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gnukid
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It goes on your permanent tourist record along with how many tacos you eat and how many beers and tequilas
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antny1963
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That sucks! I would hate to screw up my perfect taco/beer/tequila record 
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tjsue
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You'll never see a paper ticket in Tijuana, but you will see the policia telling you how much you have to pay. If you don't have the money on you,
your vehicle will go away.
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redhilltown
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Having "paid" a few, I can't imagine getting away WITHOUT paying????????
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antny1963
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No, I got a paper ticket today and I have in the past. Some of them try and hold out for mordida but I don't pay that. I had two try to harass me in
to paying for having tinted windows, even though I had CA plates. That didn't go their way either. They are much easier to deal with then cops from
the states that is for sure. But their corrupt system can backfire on them as well. Once after the laws were changed, they said I needed to go to
the station and take care of a ticket even though I knew dam well that they could just issue a paper ticket. Once at the station they said the judge
wasn't in (it was early in the morning for work) and wanted me to just pay them. I told them to keep my license; it was cheaper to replace then
paying them. That I would also report them to Sindicatura. They eventually gave back my documents and let me go on my way. Most of the time they
are bullchit and they know it. Their corruption is their undoing.
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chuckie
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Just put 5 bucks in the 2 lb coffee can on the post at the border. Its labeled "mordida"......Prepay, and be on your way......Nada Problema
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by antny1963
I had two try to harass me in to paying for having tinted windows, even though I had CA plates. That didn't go their way either.
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Having CA plates does not exempt you from local laws when you travel outside of CA. Tinted windows are illegal. From the tone of your writing, perhaps
you attract tickets for good reason.
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absinvestor
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mtgoat666= I think you've hit the nail on the head with your assessment.
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BajaBlanca
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But then again, we were pulled over in Mexico City when literally thousands of cars zoomed by with the same tinted windows we had.
And if we all stopped paying mordidas, we would rid Mexico of this type of corruption.
Also, I forewarn those who are traveling further south, be sure to drive slowly and carefully in G Negro. Not even our Mexican friend got out of a
$400 speeding ticket. Talk about OUCH.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Not even our Mexican friend got out of a $400 speeding ticket. Talk about OUCH. |
Is that Ps...or Ds?
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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absinvestor
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I might be all alone here but I wish there was a little more enforcement of their traffic laws. For example we are currently in Huatabampito. The
motel we are staying at is directly across the street from the police station. The street has several entrances to the beach and is clearly marked
20km/hr. The police station is open 24 hrs a day and many times the police are outside talking, smoking etc. Cars and ATV's fly by at 50 and 60mph and
nothing is done. The same is true of the beaches. Cars are permitted to drive on the beach and even with kids and dogs playing on the beach cars often
race many times passing a police SUV that is enjoying the water view!! I'm not talking about the stops made for minor infractions but with no
enforcement things get out of hand.
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SlyOnce
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I know you can pay your TJ paper tickets by mail and there is a San Diego PO Box address.
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vgabndo
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Unequal application of the law can be very unsettling. In Bahia Asuncion I am required to wear my helmet while riding my quad. It is OBVIOUSLY
optional for EVERYONE else. It changed my whole attitude because two thirds of the police were present and no one said to the officious little turd
that he was being a racist or anti-tourism.
The funny part was that the kid stumbled all over himself trying to threaten me in English. I finally had to ask him to make himself clear, if he
could, in Spanish. I also tend to resent the assumption that I've come to his country without being able to communicate in the native language!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Yah, I had a female transita tell me it is an infaccion to not wear seat belts in Asuncion, I asked her (I Spanish) At 10 km/hr? The 2 transitos
within ear shot broke out laughing. A transito imported from elsewhere in the minicipio stopped me twice in a week to check my driver license.
(In Spanish) You checked me last week, remember? Or do we all look alike to you? The local cops howled standing on the curb.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
..... I also tend to resent the assumption that I've come to his country without being able to communicate in the native language!
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Perry,
Next time we see one another in BA, is it okay if we converse in English???? I would have you scratching your head....or shaking it...  if
you relied on my Spanish....... 
Don't believe everything you think....
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antny1963
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No, I explained to the officer that if I would to visit Illinois with my CA plate, my windows would be illegal there too but since my plates are
registered elsewhere, that law would not apply to me. The same logic here applies. I told them my car is not registered to Baja and therefore the
requirement to have non-tinted windows does not apply to me since I am within the law in CA. That was the end of it. You say that applies to
everyone; it does not. They can't enforce certain laws on me because my car is registered to CA and not Baja. They can enforce laws over my actions
on how I drive but not whether or not my car is legal in their eyes. Just like when you cross the border, they never ask for your insurance papers
like they do in the U.S. even though it is now the law there. Why is that?
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vgabndo
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David your Spanish is much better than mine, And I make a point not to poke my stick at sleeping dogs, but I AM prepared to point to my helmet and
then to the bare heads of the children racing their quads in front of the cop truck here on my street for whatever effect that may have!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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