[QUOTE=ScatManDoo;1683049]I don't think any automobile can travel North or South on Nino Heroes between Primera (1st street) and Second street due to the pedestrian mall in on the block in front of the large Catholic Church.
Now that Nino Heroes was converted to a two-way street. The Taxi Libras often travel North on Nino Heroes and east on Coahuila just like the cabs in front of HK.
Most (if not all) of the police cars I have seen have four digit identifying numbers appearing in several places on the vehicles. As I recall one of the locations for these identifying numbers is the rear quarter panels.
I think the policia mordita rate is on a sliding scale based on how well dressed the civilians are dressed, the perceived vale of the car, whether the subjects appear to be nervous or acting like jerks, the time of day, how isolated they are and probably many other factors. The biggest factor is always how much money the monger has in his possession, which the policia find out during a quality search.
Now Hobbiest says that he takes no drugs, and he probably is unfamiliar with the smell of certain contraband. But if his buddy was carrying pot, or had recently smoked a joint in the vehicle. The smell would be present in his buddies car and also transfer to Hobbiest's clothes. If that were the case. All the events would be much easier to explain or understand (I. E. The handcuffs, large mordita, CBP dog alerting).[/QUOTE]Oops. Your absolutely right about NH after the remodel. My advice was certainly out of date. I always walk in and out of the zona these days, if I go. If I need a taxi I'll grab one on one side or the other of Plaza Santa Cecilia.
I think you're right about the cop car numbers. I'll try to notice the badges next time I'm near one, which, if it never happens again, will be too soon.
Interestingly, I've only been searched when walking or, once, when they jacked my taxi. I drive a 2005 car to Tijuana. It's nicer than most of the jalopies, but not nearly as nice as a lot of cars I see. The three times I've been stopped while driving, I've never been searched. No idea why. One, the alcoholmetro, resulted in blowing a 0. 04 and walking away, the other two resulted in 200 p mordidas. All were at night.
I wonder if we're heading back to the "bad old days" of Hank Rhon.