Monday, May 07, 2007

5 Times in 1 Day!

I believe we just might be the only family that can say they were stopped by the police 5 times in 1 day......yes, that is right - 5 times! Mexico City has a law that prevents cars from driving on certain days, based on the last number in your license plates, as an attempt to cut down on car pollution (no comment on the effectiveness of this law!) Our "no drive day" is a Monday BUT Mexico City also has a law that allows you to buy a permission sticker that permits you to circulate your car every day of the week if your vehicle passes the emission test. Months ago we passed the test and purchased the permission sticker and have been driving on Mondays ever since (occasinally getting stopped by the police with the reputation for corruption and going through the hassle of proving that we are "ok"). Today we had to drive way up north in the city and it was a special day I guess as we got pulled over 5 different times! It was unbelievable because although they see the sticker on our windshield I guess they think they might get a little heftier bribe when they see our white faces and so they try and try and try to convince us that our sticker is expired. Frustrating but such is the life at times in Mexico City! Thankfully we drove away from each encounter in the right - even though we saw many looks of disappointed on the officer's faces.

4 comments:

Janette said...

Hey B's,

Great to meet you today! We didn't even mind the waiting in the Embassy. We'll look forward to our paths crossing in the days ahead.

Keep seeking,

The Gearharts said...

That is hilarious. I'm really glad it was not us, and I am sure it got pretty frustrating, but HILARIOUS.

Your family is beautiful.

Amy G

Paul said...

Carolyn... it has indeed been a long time. I see you still have problems staying out of trouble (or do you go looking for it?). It looks to me like you have a few co-conspirators to help you find trouble and I bet those boys will find trouble you never dreamt was possible. Things are good here. I am in the Kansas City area these days. In a couple of weeks it will be 7 years since I moved here. Time is sure flying by. The big race in Louisville is August 26. So I will be over that way for a few days. Becky is going to be coming up that way for the race too, so if you are around, we should meet up for a bit (if you have any time… I am sure coming home is like a whirl-wind tour). Becky lives down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (Grand Prairie to be more precise). Well, it was good to hear from you. Keep up the good work with the missions. Paul

Anonymous said...

Bet you are glad you can speak the language so well!

Hey Paul!! It is cool to hear about what's going on with you through Carolyn's blog. Do you have a blog of your own? If you come back to this post, hope training goes well for your big race. Take good care!

Carolyn, your boys are precious. We'll be praying for a new house in a safer neighbourhood.