Radar on HWY 15D

CanuckBob wrote:I have driven the 15D Cuota highway to Tequila, Tepic or the coast, 40 to 50 times in the last couple of years and have never seen the Federales with a radar trap until today. As usual I was speeding beyond the posted limited so was naturally a good target. By the time I slowed and came to a stop the Federale had to leave his post and drive up to my vehicle. He told me the speed limit was 110KMH and then produced this hilarious looking radar gun that indicated I was doing 138KMH. The device looked like something a kid would buy for $20.00 from Radio Shack. It certainly wasn't a quality device. Anyhow, he didn't speak any English and my Spanish is not conversional but I think he asked me if I wanted a ticket or preferred to pay a fine on the spot. I told him I was sorry and  wished to have a ticket. He hummed and hawed and then either asked if I had some cervaza or if I was drinking cervaza. My answer either way was no (since it was before noon). He then asked to check the luggage in my trunk. I showed it to him. He handed me back my license and papers, told me to slow down (I think) and said adios. He didn't seem to be prepared to write any tickets and I really suspect he was "freelancing" with his radar gun. Be warned.

BTW.......he did seem to be impressed that I had a Jalisco DL but was unhappy I couldn't speak Spanish that well.

CanuckBob wrote:Federales have a pretty wide range of authority. As an example, they can revoke your visa, take you to the border and give you the punt. They have power similar to homeland security in the US so I think they can check anything they want........

jrm30655 wrote:

My Spanish is horrible and gets much worse around a cop.  The last Federale I ran across, I was doing about twice the speed limit and he finally gave up and waved me on.

gobluejohn wrote:here is an idea Don't SPEEED, are we all retired, yet have to be there ASAP, me I don't get it

CanuckBob wrote:

slainte39 wrote:

jrm30655 wrote:

My Spanish is horrible and gets much worse around a cop.  The last Federale I ran across, I was doing about twice the speed limit and he finally gave up and waved me on.

I'll help your Spanish a little......there isn't any such word as "federale".
The entire force is Policia Federal (Highway Patrol would be a translation in English), sometimes commonly referred to as "Federales".Just one would be a "Federal".  Same with tamal, equipal, and other words (Spanish) that end with the letter "L".  Foreigners tend to add an "E" at the end.

Oh geeesh........that is a big help. Thanks for the "tip".......jajaja. Next time I will tell them we are friends (if that's OK).