Quote:
Originally Posted by tohellnback
Imagine leaving the parking lot with intentions of a nice ride, Then around the first corner is a Check stop with Transito Cops and they flag you over The borrower probably thinks ahh routine traffic stop No problem I have my shit together, then the tansit cop looks at your plate and asks you for your Carnet de Propedad and so on. Then he says PicoPlaca and your operating a vehicle with the corresponding last number on the plate that is prohibited on that day of the week or one Saturday a month
Your busted your bike is impounded and the owner is the only one that can get the bike out of impound after going thru a Mill of bureaucracy and paying 15 days of Colombian wages to get it out, Ah sorry sir I did not know
I have met a few foreigners with Colombian plated bikes that dont even know about Pico Placa, Believe Me you dont want to go there its Molino de Mierdas
|
This exactly what would happen. Here in Medellin they just re-started the pico y placa and it is much different than in years past and they change it seemingly at will so, it is now single digit for both cars and motor bikes.
And yes only the registered owner can retrieve it out of impound, I know as one time I had my bike towed/impounded and only me could retrieve it.
Fortunately for me my good Colombian friend has friends in Trasito (his old GF from the university so he took one for the team so to speak hehe) so a quick call and he came and negotiated the release of my bike by nights end for a small fee of like 100 mil but then had to take my friend out to the local bar and spent a 100 mil on rum for his help, hehehehe.
|