Juárez wants U.S. motorists to pay $40 million in traffic fines

[TexasTowelie]

JUÁREZ >> U.S. motorists owe Juárez more than $40 million in unpaid traffic fines — and Juárez wants to collect.

Juárez officials said this week that they are going to start talking with U.S. authorities about finding ways to collect the money, and they want to return thousands of U.S. driver licenses and vehicle plates that have been piling up. Most of them belong to Texas and New Mexico drivers.

U.S. officials say the plan is not practical because there are no current U.S. laws that allow for the enforcement of traffic violations in a foreign country.

Still, Juárez officials said they are losing revenue because of the unpaid fines and are looking into having a Mexican government registrar on U.S. soil to assist with the payment of fines.

Read more: http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_28349051/juarez-wants-u-s-motorists-pay-40-million

[Gman]

1. What's gonna happen

is they won't write a ticket. They'll throw you in a Mexican jail until you pay.

[forest444]

2. A very sweet coworker once told me: DO NOT drive into Mexico.

And she was Mexican.

[Gman]

4. That's always the thing to do

Walk across, take a cab. Your US auto insurance won't cover you without a rider.

[Judi Lynn]

3. "Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine..." n/t