I'll remove mine because I don't want to be denied reentry because of it,
but it is going to absolutely kill me inside every time a car with one drives in my direction.
If they want to enforce the laws, and I think they should, then they need to enforce it on everyone, all the time, and fast.
This year the cost of multas went up a lot, as well. Like a **** ton. But have you seen any less camiones missing brake lights? Any less motos without helmets? Hell, the other day I saw some Amet driving without helmets.
Here is what is actually happening: The Amet realized that people were stopping to pay propinas to avoid multas, so they raised the price of multas and added more laws.
Now, when you get stopped, the police have more power to fine you a lot of money, as well as dismantle your car. Either you will pay them significantly more money to avoid the multa and keep their hands off your car (like $1000 pesos, maybe $2,000, still half the price of a $4,000 multa) or, you will get the expensive multa, and the Amet will have a nice light bar that he can sell in the campo where there aren't any Amet.
Like I said, I'll take off my light bar. But now, I'm finding reasons to avoid Santo Domingo like the plague, because we all know that's the place for Amet to harass tourists. Also the only place I couldn't talk or bribe my way out of a multa. And the most annoying thing is, I am 100% confident I didn't break any laws when I got that multa.
The other day I watched a commercial truck driver throwing styrofoam trash out the window of his truck, just weeks after the entire country was getting national news coverage for littering.
Don't get me wrong, I really love so much about this place, but some days, it can be frustrating. I hope it's still amazing in 40 years when I'm retired and just want to sit on the beach all day, but I'm worried it won't be.
Now I need some ideas for using this 10" super bright LED light bar! Decorative lighting under the sofa? Flood light for my parking space? Emergency light driven by batteries during a power outage? Paper weight? I'll take it to the US on my next flight, it cost about as much as an overstay fine and I used silicone to make sure it's waterproof for forever, it's a nice one...of course I can't use it on the road there either, but if I do, the police won't steal it from me on the side of the road, just get a fix it ticket, send it to ticket clinic, etc.
but it is going to absolutely kill me inside every time a car with one drives in my direction.
If they want to enforce the laws, and I think they should, then they need to enforce it on everyone, all the time, and fast.
This year the cost of multas went up a lot, as well. Like a **** ton. But have you seen any less camiones missing brake lights? Any less motos without helmets? Hell, the other day I saw some Amet driving without helmets.
Here is what is actually happening: The Amet realized that people were stopping to pay propinas to avoid multas, so they raised the price of multas and added more laws.
Now, when you get stopped, the police have more power to fine you a lot of money, as well as dismantle your car. Either you will pay them significantly more money to avoid the multa and keep their hands off your car (like $1000 pesos, maybe $2,000, still half the price of a $4,000 multa) or, you will get the expensive multa, and the Amet will have a nice light bar that he can sell in the campo where there aren't any Amet.
Like I said, I'll take off my light bar. But now, I'm finding reasons to avoid Santo Domingo like the plague, because we all know that's the place for Amet to harass tourists. Also the only place I couldn't talk or bribe my way out of a multa. And the most annoying thing is, I am 100% confident I didn't break any laws when I got that multa.
The other day I watched a commercial truck driver throwing styrofoam trash out the window of his truck, just weeks after the entire country was getting national news coverage for littering.
Don't get me wrong, I really love so much about this place, but some days, it can be frustrating. I hope it's still amazing in 40 years when I'm retired and just want to sit on the beach all day, but I'm worried it won't be.
Now I need some ideas for using this 10" super bright LED light bar! Decorative lighting under the sofa? Flood light for my parking space? Emergency light driven by batteries during a power outage? Paper weight? I'll take it to the US on my next flight, it cost about as much as an overstay fine and I used silicone to make sure it's waterproof for forever, it's a nice one...of course I can't use it on the road there either, but if I do, the police won't steal it from me on the side of the road, just get a fix it ticket, send it to ticket clinic, etc.
