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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by antny1963
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. |
You can't really believe this. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by antny1963
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
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They aren't traffic cops and prefer not to do DMV work.
I've never been asked for proof of insurance going into the US either.
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antny1963
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It isn't that I have an attitude. I am just tired of all their bull. In Tijuana, people constantly fly threw red lights and stop signs, cut people
off, and do all sorts of crazy things and I never see a cop around then. I know enforcement is selective and based on who you are. I'm just saying
that I don't let them push me around on things I know better. Most of the time I have no problems in TJ. I was once wanting to get my mexican
citizenship but I gave up on that idea. It was fun here at first but now it is the same boring bull that will never change down here. I have decided
to finish up my time here while in school and then I will probably move back to the states afterwards. Nothing down here makes it that great to have
to put up with all the corruption and bad customer service. I HAD a bank account with Banorte and that was a HUGE mistake as well. I am still
fighting with them.
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antny1963
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You need to report them to Sindicatura or whomever. That will set them straight when their jobs are on the line.
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antny1963
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Yeah, you don't have to be a lawyer to figure that out do you? My grandfather was a judge back in Illinois and the same applies here. If you drive
through a state where your car's tinting is not legal in that state but it is legal in your home state, they can't enforce the tinting laws on you.
If you change plates to the new jurisdiction, then they would but not until then.
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antny1963
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if you ever get pulled to secondary they will. I have Sentri and it is a requirement to have insurance at all times.
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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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I love reading these threads. It sure helps me understand why the cop that pulls me over has a chip on their shoulder.
Who is a cop going to pull over? A Mexican in a beater who is going to end up in a 320 minute argument to extract 100-pesos from or a rich gringo who
after they swing their handcuffs or pat their holster will (will possibly) let fly with 100-dollar bills?
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paranewbi
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Hey who is this guy antny1963?
I say we vote him outta here...
He actually has a mind.
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vgabndo
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More often than not I get sent to secondary, in 20 years I've never had either of my vehicle insurance policies checked anywhere near the border.
Just my own experience.
Edit to respond to paranubi. The contention that the California vehicle code takes precedence over Mexican law does not seem to me to be accurate, nor
does it seem logical. And, expecting even-handed enforcement of Mexican law doesn't seem too mindful.
As an aside...I recently read the UN Human Rights statement, which I believe holds sway in Mexico, and it forbids Napoleonic Law.
[Edited on 3-24-2014 by vgabndo]
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Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by antny1963
Yeah, you don't have to be a lawyer to figure that out do you? My grandfather was a judge back in Illinois and the same applies here. If you drive
through a state where your car's tinting is not legal in that state but it is legal in your home state, they can't enforce the tinting laws on you.
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have your grandpa come here and defend your assertion that california cars are exempt from mexican regulations. i eagerly await his defense
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msteve1014
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They started enforcing that law in La Bocana around Christmas time. I was sure they were just after money. No one I talked to actually paid a fine,
and they were pulling over EVERYONE. Race had nothing to do with it. Within a week we all had helmets on. I got some smiles from people with my super
go-fast off road racing helmet going 5 mph on my ct 90.
| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
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!
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dasubergeek
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| Quote: | Originally posted by antny1963
It isn't that I have an attitude. I am just tired of all their bull. In Tijuana, people constantly fly threw red lights and stop signs, cut people
off, and do all sorts of crazy things and I never see a cop around then. I know enforcement is selective and based on who you are.
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Now you know how visible minorities (meaning people who don't look like white folks) feel in the United States.
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Bob H
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I got a paper speeding ticket about 8 or 9 years ago entering TJ on the pay road. Fine was 400 pesos, but I never paid it. I'm now wondering if I'm
still in a computer somewhere down there if I get pulled over again. It's been years!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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chuckie
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Nah! You got an attitude.........
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tjsue
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The first three months I lived in Tijuana, I was sent to secondary every time I crossed the border. When I drove, I was never asked for proof of
insurance, only license and registration, and those not every time, either.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by paranewbi
Hey who is this guy antny1963?
I say we vote him outta here...
He actually has a mind. |
Uhhhh.....and that says what about you?  Or me?
Don't believe everything you think....
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SlyOnce
I know you can pay your TJ paper tickets by mail and there is a San Diego PO Box address. |
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If you are stopped by a police officer for a traffic violation in Tijuana, Rosarito Beach or Ensenada, you should always politely insist on a written
citation that you could pay either at the police station or by mail.
Tickets in the City of Tijuana can be paid by sending a check or money order made out to:
H. Ayuntamiento de Tijuana
416 West San Ysidro Blvd. Suite “L”, No.725
San Ysidro CA 92143
Tickets issued in Rosarito Beach, can be paid by sending a check or money order made out to:
H. Ayuntamiento de Rosarito
P.O. Box 439016
San Ysidro, CA 92143-9016.
Tickets issued in Ensenada can be paid by sending a check or money order made out to:
Municipio de Ensenada
PMB 147 P.O. Box 189003
Coronado, CA 92178-9003
Tickets issued in Mexicali can be paid by sending a check or money order with ticket made out to:
H. Ayuntamiento de Mexicali
P.B. 6027
23 Paulin Ave.
Calexico, Ca. 92231-2646
For the cities of San Felipe and Tecate, traffic fines must be paid at the police station.
Source:
http://www.discoverbajacalifornia.com/2012/index.php/tourist... ("Traffic Ticket")
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Motoged
"Uhhhh.....and that says what about you? or me?"
It's more founded on what I observe.
The more denial, argument, bickering, discounting of a posters offering and/or experience by the usual suspects here (as their count rises)
Usually is relevant to the level of analysis, pondering and attempt to draw conclusions from evidence, of the offeror.
ergo: it must say more about you 
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bajalearner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by absinvestor
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
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You might be happier living in california because there is much enforcement of all sorts of laws. Maybe Mexico is not your type of living.
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