Why do you pay
Hi
My friend and i rode all over Peru, we were stopped mostly on the coast roads 2 or 3 time's a day, we had a fair few arguments with the police over diffrent charges, speeding, crossing the white line. But never once did we pay any fines or bribes, you have to tough it out with them, one police officer tryed to take are passports i just grabbed them from his hand passed my friends back to her and said lets go and we rode off the officer standing there scratching his head. I work bloody hard for my money so there is no way i will be just giving it away on a whim to some one in a uniform. If you have broken the law fair enough you put your hands up and pay for your mistakes, but if you have not then why pay. If you have payed a bribe or so called fine did you get a recipt no then it went in the guys back pocket. For all of you who have payed bribes and fines no matter how big or small, it just makes it a hell of a lot harder for the people who now follow you into Peru, ever time the police see a biker they see a two wheel cash machine. I had a great time in Peru and would go back tomorrow. Skip
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