Message | A final word on the side swiping. You have probably concluded, as we did, that the driver who had signalled permission for our moving to the left lane saw an opportunity for his friend driving the scrap metal truck with the bent bumper and communicated with him. We have been traveling in Mexico for 15 years and have now been living here for several years, but this scam was new to us. A friend who also travels in Mexico said, however, that he had heard of such scams. But this behavior on the part of some less than honorable Mexicans does not diminish our love of Mexico. We also encountered for the first time on this trip a toll collector, on the Veracruz-Puebla autopista, who tried to cheat us, and a second collector on the same highway who succeeded in doing so, due to our moving on before examining the receipts and counting the change. This was, however, much less expensive than the scam we once experienced in Louisiana with a state policeman on the take. Adds to the interest of motorhome travel. |