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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Short-term auto insurance in Mexico
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 09:56:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 09:56:21 1985
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> Before I went to Canada earlier this year, I went down to my insurance agent, 
> told them where and when I was going and they supplied me with a little card 
> that was entitled "Canada Non-Resident Inter-Province Motor Vehicle Liability 
> Insurance Card".  In Canada you need a certain level of liability insurance, 
> the card just shows that I have that amount of insurance in case I was 
> involved in an accident.  You should probably check with your insurance agency 
> or company and see if they have this sort of thing for Mexico.

Don't bother.  What the rules SAY and what the people DO are two
different things.  I have seen, in several different places,
the assertion that if you visit Mexico and do not buy insurance
from a Mexican company, you can confidently expect to rot in jail
if you get into even a minor accident, even though you may indeed
be insured according to the letter of their laws.