rocmoc
May 08, 2013Explorer
Tickets, Mexico vs USA if u every wondered!
As we all know a ticket must be paid nearly immediately in Mexico should you get one. I have often wonder what happens to a Mexico local traveling in USA if they get a ticket. I had a chance to ask this of a DPS Officer (Highway Patrol Officer) a couple of days ago. If a ticket is given in the USA, the Mexico traveler can legally return to MX. Should they not pay it they are not suppose to be unable to return to USA tho he admitted the tracking system is not 100%. If they are doing something more illegal than a traffic violation, the vehicle is impounded, towed and stored for a min of 30 days. Before the vehicle can be picked up, the owner (not the driver at the time) must appear before a DPS board in Tucson. Most generally when the vehicle is impound the driver is not the owner so in the past the owner would show up and say someone else loaned his vehicle to a second person and they knew nothing about the activities it had be used in. SO when the owner shows up before the board they must explain how someone else had his vehicle. This was done because before this process was put in place the owner would pickup the vehicle the next day and DPS would impound the same vehicle the next day AGAIN. Now the DPS person said most vehicles are never picked up. So bottom line is a Mexico traveler with a traffic violation can return home and is not suppose to be able to return to the USA. I also asked about Auto Insurance. I was told only, at best, one in four has Insurance. The DPS officer said there is little enforcement of the requirement of insurance at the border. Therefore, make sure you have un-insured and under-insured clauses in your USA coverage. We carry it on all of our vehicles all the time.
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico