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| DonTraver |
 Nov 1 2011, 01:13 PM
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Left Torino and headed for Genova. About a hour into the drive I get pulled over by the Italian Police. They wanted all the paperwork for me and the RS America. Passport, drivers licience, insurance, California Pink Slip, registration, shipping documents, you name it. Luckily I had it all and it was all valid.
I was going about 10kph under the speed limit following a couple of other cars. They spent about 45 minutes going through it all, calls on their cell phones, etc. Finally let me go. When they were done, they just gave me all my paperwork, turned around and left. I think they were disappointed. I don't trust cops. I grew up in a family of cops, I know how crooked they can be. My dad called it the John Wayne Syndrome. Give them a badge and a gun and they think they're John Wayne. Looks like it's the same over here. Oh yeah, just found this out, before you can use the internet in Italy, you have to register your passport numbers. I'd been wondering why I had to turn in my passport at each hotel. This is the only country that I've had to do that in. Oh well, I'm having fun in Genova now. Later, Don |
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| draganc |
Nov 2 2011, 05:55 PM
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Don,
Take a guess how many Porsches with CA plates are in Italy and how many cars with Italien plates are driving around in the US? Maybe 5? That's why you got the royal service. In addtion, I would have also stopped you in a Porsche driving 10km/h under the speed limit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) About 10 years ago, I had a 944 with CA plates in Munich. Drove around for about 6 months and got the same service by the Krauts, but never had to pay for a parking ticker :-). Ciao, Dragan PS: I think they punked you about the internet and passport. I just spend a week in Milan and did not have to show my passport.... QUOTE(DonTraver @ Nov 1 2011, 11:13 AM)  Left Torino and headed for Genova. About a hour into the drive I get pulled over by the Italian Police. They wanted all the paperwork for me and the RS America. Passport, drivers licience, insurance, California Pink Slip, registration, shipping documents, you name it. Luckily I had it all and it was all valid. I was going about 10kph under the speed limit following a couple of other cars. They spent about 45 minutes going through it all, calls on their cell phones, etc. Finally let me go. When they were done, they just gave me all my paperwork, turned around and left. I think they were disappointed. I don't trust cops. I grew up in a family of cops, I know how crooked they can be. My dad called it the John Wayne Syndrome. Give them a badge and a gun and they think they're John Wayne. Looks like it's the same over here. Oh yeah, just found this out, before you can use the internet in Italy, you have to register your passport numbers. I'd been wondering why I had to turn in my passport at each hotel. This is the only country that I've had to do that in. Oh well, I'm having fun in Genova now. Later, Don |
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DonTraver Got pulled over by the Italian Police Nov 1 2011, 01:13 PM
BajaXJ92 Sounds like they were doing a little profiling to ... Nov 1 2011, 01:15 PM Marty Yeoman They're probably reading this right now! Nov 1 2011, 01:16 PM SLITS Ugly American Syndrome ..... Nov 1 2011, 01:18 PM snakemain Yeah, Italian cops can be interesting. Luckily in... Nov 1 2011, 01:23 PM scotty b :blink: Nov 1 2011, 01:28 PM rmital
Left Torino and headed for Genova.....
Why you w... Nov 1 2011, 01:33 PM Dr Evil I wonder if they were hoping to find a reason to i... Nov 1 2011, 03:22 PM r_towle I recall in Italy that you must pay your "fin... Nov 1 2011, 03:54 PM Drums66 ....Pasta with clam sauce, & a little wine....... Nov 1 2011, 04:25 PM Scott Schroeder I had kind of the opposite experience in Italy. I ... Nov 1 2011, 05:15 PM Elliot Cannon The next tiime that happens. Stand up straight. ... Nov 1 2011, 07:41 PM a914622 Could have been worse. You could have spent 4 year... Nov 1 2011, 09:07 PM DonTraver ROFLMAO, thanks Elliot, I know I can always expect... Nov 2 2011, 01:48 AM Bleyseng My experience is that in half the Hotels you have ... Nov 2 2011, 05:40 AM
DBCooper ....yes, the Police are looking for a little ... Nov 2 2011, 02:22 PM DonTraver My 2012 Registration and Tags from California arri... Nov 2 2011, 09:51 AM Matt Romanowski I've had to show my passport at every hotel in... Nov 4 2011, 08:36 PM |
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