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Frank
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Registered: 6-5-2005
Location: San Diego
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Speeding ticket, now what?
With all of the new radar guns in use, what happens when you get pulled over for speeding. I have heard that they take your license and hold it until
you pay the fine. How do you get the license back? From the officer, the station? Can you still drive in Mexico without it? What if they lose it? I
know its a lot of questions, but after my last trip down I just want to be prepared, Im hoping to go back when the fishing picks back up. Thanks
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David K
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The fines are cheap, go to the station and pay.
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jrbaja
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Or maybe try
Obeying the law as the signs say! Obedezca las se?ales.
They put them there for a reason.
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Frank
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I didnt get a speeding ticket, Im only preparing to get one. 40km in the
out skirts of GN is a little tough to do sometimes. I have no problem paying the fine, if I did the crime. Im really interested in how you get the
license back, and what happens if your drivng without it.
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LaTijereta
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Location: Loreto
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SOS
I signed up for "SOS" (Support of Sinicatura), and they sent out a package of forms. Included is a list of all fines for various violations, and what
should be paid in front of a judge.
The decals they sent for the car was installed before our last trip down. Only instance I had was just north of Loreto when a PFD "highway patrol"
turned around and followed me for about 2 miles "right on my bummper". He had to be reading the decal "no alimentamos la corrupcion" He finnaly went around me smiling
Happy Trails....
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The Gull
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Location: Rancho Descanso, BCN
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Good Idea
How does one sign up for SOS?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Oso
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
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http://campolorenzo.com/_wsn/page2.html
I'm still not quite decided myself. Looks good but I'd like to know more-such as why the address is in the U.S.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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TMW
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When you get a speeding ticket the police officer will take your license and give you a temporay driving permit for Baja. He will instruct you on
where to pay the fine, sometimes you have choices. You tell the officer where you will pay and that is where the license goes. Whether you can get
your license back when you pay the fine will depend on if it has arrived. Most likely you may need to come back at a later time and get it. The
problem is that if you don't get your license back you will need another form of picture ID to get back into the U.S. I recommend getting your
passport. You may need it in the future anyway.
With that said, the officer may offer to take care of the fine for you. In that case you pay him and take off. The officer and his family have a bonus
from you. You have to decide which is best for you under the circumstances.
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The Sculpin
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Sometimes you have no choice. I was pulled over by a PFD fro speeding outside of Colonet, and since I was driving somewhat aggressively, I didn't
argue. Being the 1st day of the trip, he asked where I wanted to pick up my license and pay the fine, TJ or La Paz! The ticket he gave me included a
temporary license - it had all the pertinent info from my license filled in - and he said it would also be recognized in the US. He also said that if
I were pulled over again prior to getting my license back, the officer could decide that I was a menace to the Mexican roadways and impound my
vehicle! So he admonished me to be very careful! When I returned from my vacation, I went to TJ, paid my fine, and got my license back. The only
inconvienence was the lost day of work to go back to TJ, however, it was made up by a really nice lunch!
My advice? Ask for the ticket, or ask to go to the station. Don't pay anyone during the stop. Yes, it may cost you time and energy, but it's better to
do it by the book - unless you really do have something to hide (like expired tags, no tourist card, expired license, 20# of mota, and a 150mm
howitzer in the tent trailer)!
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pokey
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Personally I pay the fine at the station, as the fines are not excessive and the ticket won't affect my insurance. Imo people who pay off the
officer are doing a disservice to other drivers especially foreigners.
Despite what the officer claims a tow truck WILL NOT come to tow away the car.
Keep Mexico weird
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Phil C
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For a few years I've had a sticker on the back of my drivers license. "Sindicatura Del Gobierno Municipal" with the Tijuana and Ensenada phone
numbers for this agency in place. Luckely I haven't had the opportunity to see it's effect on an officer. LaTijereta, I would like to hear more about
"SOS"
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Frank
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Registered: 6-5-2005
Location: San Diego
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Thanks, this is the info I was looking for. Looks like I will still be driving Mex 1.
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going2baja
Newbie
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Registered: 7-1-2005
Location: Carlsbad, CA
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Early Friday morning the day before the Baja 500 we were stoopped on the way up the hill out of TJ. The radar said 99 kph. The officer offered to
take us to the TJ station and pay the fine when they opened - 9am or pay him there. He asked for $100 USD and settled for $50 USD - he even gave us
$10 USD for the Tolls. What a guy...
As far as I'm concerned if I had the opportunity to pay a CHP $50 and skate on a ticket I would!!
My two cents....Tim.
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lizard lips
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Tim, The officer would have never taken you to the station to pay the fine. You just lost $50 clams my man. All you had to do was to just say "Lets go
to the station" and he would have given you a talk and been on his way. Ive never heard of a police station anywhere that is closed and as far as
paying a CHP $50 next time you are pulled over in Cali, please offer it to him.....Ive got some beach front property in Arizona I want you to see
also.
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TMW
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[if I had the opportunity to pay a CHP $50 and skate on a ticket I would!!]
In CA $50 would be cheap compared to paying the ticket. My last ticket was doing 70 on a 55 country road and it cost me $170 in 1995. Probably double
or more now.
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MrBillM
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Instant Pay
Add my name to the last of those who would LOVE to pay 50 % or less on the spot to the CHP or any other law enforcement officer with no record of the
event to boost the Auto Insurance. Some corruption is GOOD.
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LaTijereta
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Location: Loreto
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WHAT??
"Add my name to the last of those who would LOVE to pay 50 % or less on the spot to the CHP or any other law enforcement officer with no record of the
event to boost the Auto Insurance. Some corruption is GOOD."
How can paying money to an officer (if you have done no wrong) be "GOOD"? Once you allow this, the door is open for further harassemnt/ stops to make
a quick $50 from everyone on the hwy
One more reason to put a Sinicatura sticker on my truck, so you other suckers can negociate your "$50" fines
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MrBillM
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Paying for the Crime
Oh, I forgot that just about everybody who gets pulled over is innocent of any crime, unlike me.
My experience is that, in 40 years of driving in Baja, I have NEVER been pulled over for an infraction that I had not actually committed, unlike ALL
of the rest. I guess that's why I think Pay on the spot is a good idea.
I've have also noticed when I have gone to Traffic School in the U.S. that I tend to be the only one to have ever done the crime for which I was
ticketed. Bizarre, isn't it ?
I would add that, for every infraction I've been stopped for, the ones that they missed must be in the thousands so I'm WAY AHEAD on that score. The
same goes for goods declared at the border. I'm WAY ahead in that ledger too.
[Edited on 7-10-2005 by MrBillM]
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jrbaja
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On the other hand,
I have been pulled over many times for violations I both did and didn't commit. Seldom do I pay in either situation! La Paz is a different
story.
This post however was directed towards breaking the law and whether it's worth it or not.
Something tells me the rates in Baja will be going up soon when they discover their rich northern neighbors would rather pay than obey!
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turtleandtoad
Senior Nomad
Posts: 730
Registered: 1-20-2005
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I haven't gotten a ticket in Baja, - yet! But I'm sure it's bound to happen sooner or later (I have a tendency to have a lead foot). When it does
happen, I intend to go to the station and pay the fine.
However, I do have a couple of questions:
1) When I go to the station, am I supposed to leave my rig and ride with the officer or do I follow the officer in my rig?
2) If I follow the officer, is there going to be room to park a 37 ft RV pulling a toad (about 60ft all together)?
(ignore the coach in my signature, I'm waiting for the delivery of a new 37 ft coach)
Thanks
[Edited on 7-10-2005 by turtleandtoad]
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