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Originally posted by dirtydesignz
We are moving to Cancun in a month, and we are driving. We have been studying up and talking to people that live in different parts of Mexico. What we have found out is....the roads in some parts of Mexico aren't to good, big pot holes and speed bumps in the middle of highways. Also, it is illegal for the police to try and bribe you, but they still try. Take a camera and if you get pulled over for no appearant reason, get out and start snapping pictures. They will leave in a hurry if you've done nothing wrong  We were also told to have an alarm system and a club on your steering wheel, mexicans won't steal it if they have to work at it. There is no more a chance that you will be ripped off in Mexico as there is here. Just better safe than sorry. And renting a car in Mexico isn't cheap either.....and gas isn't as good as it is here. Drive during the day and you don't get robbed. No different than some parts of the US.
Mexican people are great in general, but like all tourist areas, they see us coming ! English is spoken in the resort areas and it's not hard to communicate anyway.
Don't listen to idiots that say Mexico is corrupt. That's a bunch of shit, things don't work exactly like they work here, but why should it.
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I do not want to be a wet blanket and Cancun is great but what I said earlier is true. I have driving in and out of Mexico for 30 years and do not recommend it to anyone.
1. I have been pulled over at gunpoint; an exception not the rule.
2. It is a criminal offense to get into a auto accident and you can go to jail.
3. Most of Mexico is unfenced open range and if you hit a cow and don't flee you will buy the cow and go to jail.
4. There are checkpoints and although it is the exception not the rule you can get in trouble.
5. You will go to jail for drugs, guns, ammuniton or anything else they decide if they don't like your attitude.
6. The gasoline is currently expensive and inferior, if your car needs premium take octane boosters with you because you probably will need them.
Mexico is a wonderful place with some of the greatest people and food in the world but it is a third world country and you need to think and act differently.