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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
On safety, is it safe to drive your own car. I've heard about police stopping you and requiring bribes to let you go but I think that's very unlikely in a tourist area like this.
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I guess it is possible, but more often than not I haven't heard of anyone having an issue. I would think that it depends on where you are going as well. Most of the stories that I have heard were second hand of people (Americans) in the actual city of Cancun. I have heard worse shakedown stories of people getting caught for pissing in the street after leaving the bar.
Little tip I read about though...
I would be more concerned with the guys at the gas statioin ripping you off...make sure the pump is zero'ed out before they start filling it, they can conviently forget. Make sure you take a picture of any dents and or scratches with your camera/phone when you check the car out so they can't try and blame them on you when you return.
That being said...
If you're driving into the city(pdc, Cancun), the other drivers are loco and I wouldn't really reccomend you do so unless you stick to the outskirts. (poorly marked one ways, very narrow streets and manditory marked streetside parking areas) If you're worried about it there are a lot more cops here to run into as well.
All the places I mentioned are very accessable from the main highway running N/S down the penninsula and it is very simple driving. Out from your hotel to the site in less than 1 hour.(approx travel time between PDC and Tulum) These places are accessable by Collectivo,(except Chichen Itza ) which is similar to a city bus that runs up and down the highway for the better part of the day... seriously easy and cheap. Most of the resorts have one or two of them sitting on the inroad waiting to take passengers. You would only need to take a car to Chichen Itza. It is a really easy trip, especially if you take the new toll road. It was like driving here... you do the speed limit and everyone is ripping by you. Just need to watch out for the other drivers, the big speed bumps and your turn coming up.