How can I take a borrowed car to Mexico?
I would get the insurance in your name on-line before they cross into Mexico. Somewhere around 12 days is the point where it makes more financial sense to buy the insurance for the year rather than just on a day to day basis. If they are close to 12 days I would just get it for the year so they are safely covered. Once you cross the border by more than 75 miles you have to pay an import tax. They put a sticker on your windshield which must remain there until you drive the same car back across the border. The stations where they issue these stickers are huge, so you can't miss them. If you drive by the police will immediately pull the car over and give them a fine. NOTE: In Baja I think they are not doing this anymore. The station used to be south of Ensenada, but there was no-one there when I went by last time. Get nice color photocopies of all pertinent information (driver's license, registration, title, and passport information). Preferably you want these pseudo-documents put in plastic. Don't give up an original unless it's to a clerk behind a counter. Just tell the policeman who pulls you over that you lost the original. Be prepared for a fairly agressive scene. The police are real thugs. They often threaten with handcuffs, they drag you into their police car, they threaten to take you to headquarters, and they will tell you that you owe them hundreds of dollars if they smell one beer on you. Have several copies of your driver's license since you may lose some of these. Don't do intercity driving at night. It can be a very scary between the condition of the road, the trucks, and the police. Know your tolls. Once you get a few hundred miles south of the US border, the tolls can be huge. There is a website in the source that will tell you mileage for a route and tolls.
Art vs. Real Life: Can cops really "borrow" your car if they are in the middle of a pursuit?
Never seen or heard of it happening. A Hollywood writer invention. That being said, let me tell you a “just one off the point” story.My partner and I just finished some routine call on Hollywood Blvd. It was about 2am when we got a hot call of a burglary in progress in the 700 block of North La Brea, one mile west and one mile south. We jumped in our car, seatbelted up, I turned the key and NOTHING! I turned it again and, again, nothing. We got out and looked under the hood…as IF we’d know what to do.An old junker car, Japanese import, pulled alongside. The elderly male driver rolled down his window and asked if he could help us. “"Sure,” I said, “"can you give us a ride?” “"Hop in!” He said.My partner crawled in the back and I took the front passenger seat. “Sir, you have my permission to step on it!” And he did, all 25 MPH of it. He smiled and said, “that's the fastest she’ll do!” Via hand-held radio, I advised the RTO we were hitching a ride and WHY; the laughter in the background at the dispatch center was priceless.On our low-speed trip to the call, we chatted the old guy up. Seems he was a cancer patient, stage three and undergoing chemo. He couldn't sleep at night so he'd just drive the city to have something to do. This was THE most exciting thing he'd been a part of, in a long, long time. As he drove, I wrote down his name and address.He dropped us at the call. The burglar was STILL inside, and for good reason. He was able to break in through an upper window, but unable to exit the place. He sat and awaited the owner, surrendering without incident.We made sure our captain sent a nice letter to the old guy. Great night memory for me.
If i let someone borrow my car and they get arrested, having drugs and astolen gun on them, can I get in trob?
I let this guy take my car because he claimed he knew someone who could fix some things on it for me really cheep, he eneded up getting arrested in the meantime and he had drugs and a stolen gun on them, now my car is at the police impound forferture lot and I cant speak to anyone until the January 3rd because they are closed for the Holidays. First of all, will I be able to get my car back? Second of all, can I get in trouble?
Sister borrowed her friends car and apparently it was stolen?
My sister borrowed a car from her friend and her and her boyfriend were pulled over. The officer said that the car they were in was reported stolen. They told the officers that their friend had let them borrow it. But apparently the car never belonged to their friend in the first place. Apparently he stole the car and let them use it. Now their both sitting in jail right now with two felony charges and a misdemeanor charge. What can they do? What’s the best option for them? It is my sisters first offense, would they let her go with a “slap on the wrist?”
Police and Law Enforcement: What happens if a cop borrows a civilian's car and wrecks it during a pursuit? Does the owner get a compensation?
The employer of the officer should pay, or rather their insurance policy should replace the value of the vehicle and contents.However, the way these things usually end up is with the city first denying to file the claim. Then, when the claim is forced by public opinion, the insurance company says their policy doesn't cover that kind of thing and denies the claim. Then the owner of the car ends up with an attorney and everyone goes to court where the jury awards 18 million dollars for everyone being an axxhole. The award is eventually reduced, because that's a ridiculous amount for a 1992 Ford Escort and the car's owner, after 3 years of fighting has to sue again to force the collection of his meager 15,000, of which the lawyers take half.
Is there any way to get back an impounded car in Tijuana?
My best advice to you on this matter, is to leave the car right where it is! The Mexican police have a long history or some pretty strange dealings, and when you go down to try to get the car out of the impound, you run a real good chance of being charged with whatever crime they say took place to impound the car in the first place! They have a much different point of view on probable cause in Mexico, and have been known to legally hold a non-citizen "hostage", or as they call it, on bond, until your family comes up with some ridiculous amount of money! I would consider losing a car to be getting off easy when it has anything to do with the police in Tijuana, or any other Mexican City!