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Beware : Gringo police north of Lima
To those travellers heading north along the Panamerican from Lima - a not of caution...
I got pulled up 4 times in 400 Km's, having to part with 200 Soles between two of the stops... Each time I was travelling the same speed as the other traffic, but my Gringo status seems to have given them the right to make a donation to thier corrupt little pockets... I resisted a third after a heated argument where I explained a truck actually passed me because I was going slower then the 45 km limit for one small town. I was absolutely livid... Can't believe those tossers.... At one corner they tried to tell me that the speed limit for corners marked with an arrow is 60km/h, and they apparently they don't need Radars to judge your speed.. I hate them... After Casma and inland things returned to normal, as they were just stopping me to say hello.... You were warned... Jeremy |
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on my travels through latin america in general and peru in particular i found the police to be friendly and helpful. once (north of lima) i did have to pay one $12 bribe to not get a $150 ticket though. something to do with riding at 95kmh in a 35 kmh limit... i was going so fast, i narrowly avoided running over the policeman who was trying to flag me down! i found that if an official wanted to give me a ticket/extract a bribe you should try the following: a. don't understand what he is saying (in turkey the policeman wrote '99kmh', '121km' and 'radar' on a piece of paper, and you know what, i really could not understand what he was saying! http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/smile.gif we agreed that 'english police bad', 'turkish police very good' and departed with a handshake!! b. demand to see his boss c. tell him you know his boss/the govenor of the province/the president d. don't stop (from my experience, in tanzania and egypt, traffic police don't have guns, radios or cars, so how are they going to impose their 'authority'? http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/smile.gif just give them a cheerful wave and drive on. e. without being rude (never get insulting) indignantly and forcefully insist he is being a corrupt official and that he should be ashamed/embarrassed etc etc f. tell him you have no cash and only have a credit card.... g. ask him directions/tell him his national football team is wonderful etc etc i.e. distract him h. always show respect: glasses off, helmet off, shake his hand, blow so much sugar up his a*** that he can't remember why he stopped you. i. all the above. if none of these work and he has a gun, bargain hard and pay up http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/frown.gif j. if you were speeding, bargain hard and pay up. remember people only wear uniforms because cetain parts of their anatomy are underdeveloped. good luck, cb [This message has been edited by chris (edited 23 May 2002).] |
I got done too! 50 soles baksheesh. Waving the bill in the air as high as I could so every passing motorist could see. Ws telling me I had to go back about 100k to pay the fine. A la gran puta.
Now I'm driving down the dirt roads and every cop stops to shake my hand and oggle at the bike. |
I guess you can add Police East of Lima too .
I was stopped day before yesterday and told that Motos are "prohibited" on the nice asphalt highway East of Lima . I asked why and was told that the "Climate is unstable ". I almost laughed in his face , and that must have been the right thing to do because he nicely let me off with a "warning" . What a nice guy !!!! :-P Agreed tho , normally the Police are great . Today I saw them break up a stone throwing road blockade with tear gas ! Great photo there I´m sure ! |
This is going on for years north of Lima. Last year i travelled from Bolivia to Ecuador, and was stopped only twice, free of charge. North of Lima I was lucky, it was the end of a long weekend, and all those shiny police cars were parked in the opposite direction, trying to keep the heavy southbound traffic moving. Furthermore, I stayed behind a truck most of the time, to avoid getting hit by mad drivers, who often passed slower oncoming cars ignoring the motorcycle.
Going on sunday afternoon seems to be a way to avoid the corrupt police north of Lima. Werner |
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