Californicationdude wrote:
Paco wrote:
Ok, this is news to me... since I don't drive in CR and take taxi's everywhere... Can I be charged for not wearing a seatbelt as a taxi passenger?
now that is an interesting question, can a passenger be fined?
The answer is "
YES" !!! I've been ticketed for this exact offense.
In 2005, I was driving around Guanacaste, and got pulled over by the policia on the way to Tamarindo. It was one of those road-side checkpoints. He told me that the passenger (my favorita) must have on a seat belt. My Colombiana started arguing with him in rapid-fire espanol, but to no avail. He wanted $20 to make the problem "go away", but I insisted that he write me the ticket, which he finally and reluctantly did. The fine was 8,000 colones!
I simply gave the ticket to my rental car company when I returned the car, and they charged me the price of the ticket, plus 2,000 colones for some type of "administrative fee". Basically, it would have been the same amount to just pay the road-side bribe, but I wanted him to physically write the ticket.
Still have a copy of that ticket as a souvenir!
MG
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