MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Keep tour TIP papers and your FMM permit with you when traveling on federal roadways. The SSP is auditing car permits, and FMM paperwork for drivers and passengers at roadside retenes.
In some towns with large gringo enclaves Mexican immigration is stopping cars on the street and requesting FMM documents. IMN migras are also going from house-to-house in such gringo areas, knocking on doors and requesting to see valid paperwork.
Actually, I consider this to be good news! There are far too many people driving around in illegal vehicles that have been brought across the border and never properly imported. They are unlicensed and carry no insurance. This refers to NOB people who know that ,up till now, there would be little or no checking. The same thing goes for RV trailers and 5ths that have been brought in and left in Mexico without a valid TIP. I personaly know of several units that have been left in Mexico and sold to new owners which is illegal. Hopefully they will start checking on TIPs for RVs similiar to the checks they did on boats in the Acapulco area several months ago.
It just irks me that most of us follow the rules of the land while so many others feel they are above the law.
