GPS, radios now illegal in Jalisco unless orignal equipment

All posters are welcome to make a meaningful addition to any topic on any forum, but it would be nice if the lurking naysayers made a tiny bit of an effort to contribute substantively rather than just spending 6 seconds to quote the first one and add X2 to it.

Of course that would require them to have some practical knowledge about what is south of the border that attracts the likes of BrianSue year after year and I guess that is never going to happen.

Pity.

I came across this thread because I have the forum set to "newest". So why can't folks post what they want even if you disagree with it? I did not know this was only pro mexico thread. I think the law is a money grab. I thought it was a county in California. Sounds like a California law. But I will never go to California either. But I believe I have the right to say they have some crazy laws.

So if there are places in the US that you don't like, I take it that you not only do not go there but you also do not say anything negative about the locale either. If you think I believe that, then I got some oceanfront property to sell you in Arizona (there must be an ocean somewhere.... they got all that sand).

Or is it that you think no one should say anything negative about anything. If so then perhaps you should practice what you preach.

Well put. Its like people who don't vote then complain about who gets elected.

Nothing worse than armchair experts. It is also sad they do not want to expand their horizons. That is what is known as living, rather than just existing.

Most who eventually take the plunge & try RVing in Mexico end up wondering what took them so long.

Just do it. On your own, if nervous in a caravan. You won't regret it.

I passed the link to a native Spanish speaker to pick up the subtleties. Here are his comments:

Wow. That’s a crazy regulation. It seems that it’s only in effect in Jalisco state.

For what I read, it applies only to the driver, so I guess the GPS should be on the passenger side, and out of sight, preferably.



For the comments that I read, people are mad with the new law, and they think it’s another money grab scheme from the government.

Tequila wrote:
I'm not kidding, on the dash or front panel.

Use of screens on the front panel of the vehicle that are not part of the original design of the unit, mobile devices , computers , PDAs , radios , tablets , and global positioning systems are prohibited. Fines of 65-323 peso's .

http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2013/496507/6/prohiben-uso-de-manos-libres-y-leer-mapas-al-conducir.htm

English version, via Google Translate.

And what about a Scan Gauge??

Oh shoot and what about My Dash/Crash Cam?

Seriously how would they know what I have on the Dash?

Rear view camera too??? Thats crazy!

I have nothing on to dash when I'm driving.

Not sure of the wording I have to have a spanish speaking friend look at it, but I think it applies if anything is there, even if the passenger is looking at it.

I have

GPS
Tire pressure monitor
Dash Cam
Rear view camera screen
Sirius radio

The only one I look at is the rear view camera monitor, since the RV blocks the rear view mirror. My wife uses the GPS, the tire monitor has alarms.