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Mexican Auto Insurance – Kitto’s True Travel Nightmare
By OnTopic | December 22, 2009
William Kitto was not traveling for his first time in Mexico when he got into an accident near San Vincente, Mexico while driving his friend’s pick-up.The drive was difficult due to a driving rain storm, which quickly left him at the mercy of his friend’s Mexican insurance policy.
Bill and his friend were traveling at 30 MPH hour when they rounded a corner to find a Mexican military truck hurtling towards them partly on their side of the road. Unable to avoid the crash, the two vehicles smashed head-on left, hurling soldiers down an embankment and Bill and his friend into the cliff wall along the other side of the narrow pavement.
Within minutes, the Mexican police arrive and one speeds an injured Bill away to a location unknown to him or his companion who is left standing roadside. In Mexico, they apply Napoleonic Law, where in general, you are Guilty until proven innocent.
There’s a good reason why savvy travelers buy Mexican Insurance before leaving home.
Bill finds himself in a Mexican detention cell without any contact and without any knowledge of his fate, mostly because at this point he has no way of knowing whether his friend even carried Mexican Auto Insurance. Hours later, guards return to take him back to the accident scene where he is at least able to reunite with his friend and his friend’s Mexican car insurance policy. But there is much more to go through.
In short, Bill spends 8 days in a Mexican infirmary trying his best to remain injured enough to avoid the inside of a Mexican jail; he’s at the mercy of the local authorities, and ancient technology that makes any chance of getting back to the US seem incredibly remote. There were many times when Bill was unsure if he would ever get out of the mess he was in.
In the long run, Bill does attain his tenuous freedom, but only after paying more than ,000 of his own money, even though his friend’s cheap insurance policy covered some of the damages.
Make sure you carry quality Mexican Car Insurance Policy in your vehicle, make sure you have enough coverage limit, and put your insurance ID cards inside your WALLET.
It can save you hours, weeks, or even months of potential difficulty!
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