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The third situation that unexpectedly happened to us during this little trip occurred when we returned to Bavaro — right on the road where, in the video, I was overtaking a school bus. Just about 200 meters from that spot, we were stopped by a police officer.
The only possible reason he could have stopped us for was the absence of a helmet on the driver, but I was wearing a helmet, and so was my passenger. We were driving slowly — although, honestly, I’ve never heard of anyone in the Dominican Republic being fined for speeding, haha. So it was hard to understand why he stopped us.
But this police officer, without explaining any reason, immediately said: “You are fined.”
Then came the dialogue:
– You are fined!
– For what?
– You are fined!
– For what?
– You are fined!
– For what? x10
Basically, he couldn’t explain why — and didn’t really try. Maybe he thought we didn’t understand him and called over one of the motoconcho (motorcycle taxi drivers) standing nearby, who spoke a bit of English. The officer said something to the taxi driver, who then turned to me and said:
– You have to give him 35 dollars.
I have no idea why exactly 35, haha.
– Why do I have to give him 35 dollars?
Judging by the look on his face, the taxi driver didn’t know either. He turned back to the officer, they discussed something, and then the driver came back to me and said:
– Well, buddy, you just have to give him 35 dollars...
The whole situation was both silly and kind of funny, and it made me smile — which, for some reason, made the officer really angry... 0 reply
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