Disfrutar un DescanZIHto

12-22-2021

Excerpt from Z Rob's post--->

I wish the police would install their alcoholímetro here in downtown Zihuatanejo so there'd at least be some police presence downtown apart from the police trucks that drive by just for show. Not sure if anyone here recalls about 10 or 12 years ago when I caught one of the city regidores making a fortune buying the "straws" for these machines on behalf of the city for over 4 times their cost. Of course nothing ever came of it except some minor humiliation at getting caught by me. Back then the newspapers would announce in advance where the alcoholímetro would be set up. Not very helpful but obviously what the police wanted them to do so the chicos malos wouldn't be surprised and shoot the cops.

You mean those actors disfrazados de policía driving around in their coches alegóricos (aka patrol cars) ?
Yes, I have also noticed that their presence has been quite scarce, though even IF their presence was more frequent, they are relatively useless, as you mentioned, just for "show".

And besides the alcoholímetro, I would like them to start using a decibelímetro, as well as a Richter Scale to detect the intense earthshaking subwoofer sonic vibrations, cortesía de los coches "boombox", and get them off of the streets, in addition to the drunk drivers. Unfortunately, el Reglamento de Tránsito that specifically deals with "exceso de ruido " is one of the many that has never been applied & enforced.