So this happened today. I was driving down the mountain to Cabarete. In Los Brazos
Is a sharp curve. I slowed down, and then just on the curve a chicken ran out in front of me. I touched the brake not to hit it and a National Police in an old jalopy hit me from behind.
I stopped and got out of the car. My car had no damage, but his bumper was broken- it was the plastic kind and his hood had a dent.
He also got out and started yelling at me,
Saying it was my fault. I kept repeating
“But you hit me.” He continued to be angry and told me to get my papers.
I told him that he must talk to me kindly…..all in a very calm voice. Then I told him I wanted to make a phone call. He asked who I was calling and I told him the alcalde- who happens to be a very close friend.
No one answered his phone so I called
our maintenance man who is the Alcalde’s brother.
He came, asked what happened. Said it was the cop’s fault since he hit me from behind. Then he went to talk to the police.
He came back to my car and asked me what I want to do. I asked what the repairs would cost. He said between 4,000-8,000 pesos. I said the police should go get a quote from the man who does this kind of repairs in Jamao and I would pay half.
The cop must have agreed. He started up his car and was on his way.
It is times like this that I do not like this country. It seems that often when others make mistakes here, I have to pay the price and make them right.
Is a sharp curve. I slowed down, and then just on the curve a chicken ran out in front of me. I touched the brake not to hit it and a National Police in an old jalopy hit me from behind.
I stopped and got out of the car. My car had no damage, but his bumper was broken- it was the plastic kind and his hood had a dent.
He also got out and started yelling at me,
Saying it was my fault. I kept repeating
“But you hit me.” He continued to be angry and told me to get my papers.
I told him that he must talk to me kindly…..all in a very calm voice. Then I told him I wanted to make a phone call. He asked who I was calling and I told him the alcalde- who happens to be a very close friend.
No one answered his phone so I called
our maintenance man who is the Alcalde’s brother.
He came, asked what happened. Said it was the cop’s fault since he hit me from behind. Then he went to talk to the police.
He came back to my car and asked me what I want to do. I asked what the repairs would cost. He said between 4,000-8,000 pesos. I said the police should go get a quote from the man who does this kind of repairs in Jamao and I would pay half.
The cop must have agreed. He started up his car and was on his way.
It is times like this that I do not like this country. It seems that often when others make mistakes here, I have to pay the price and make them right.
