Yes, drive down

I moderate the Good Sam's, Woodall's, RV.net forums and several others, specifically the RVing in Mexico and Central America sites.

Driving in Mexico is safe. Obviously, you have to use your brain. Drive the toll roads, DON'T DRIVE AT NIGHT, follow the rules, including stopping at roadblocks. Be friendly, attempt to speak the language, smile and don't be stupid.

Many many RVers travel all over Mexico and Central America with very few issues. If they do have issues, most of them are self-induced. Yes, there will be the occasional, very occasional incident that occurs that they cannot/could not avoid. Just like in the US and Canada.

We live here full time now, and until 18 months ago spent 6 months a year traveling all over Mexico in an RV, during bad times in Chiapas and good times elsewhere. We did this for 33 years and will be doing it again. We could have had incidents, but the smile, the attempts at Spanish and following the rules kept us out of trouble.

Drive down, there is so much to see, and we have always felt more secure in Mexico than we ever did in the US.