So, how does your bicycle wind up here?
If you leave your bike unlocked in a public place it is fair game for confiscation. Even locked your bike can meet this fate if blocking a sidewalk, impeding a public access or locked to a park bench. The police carry bolt cutters and are quick to pitch your property in their truck and be gone.
More than 350 confiscated bicycles have piled up in the cities impound yet unclaimed.
The manager in charge Miguel and I, John Grimsrud confer about the status of the bicycles, tri-cycles and assorted hand carts that have been accumulating and as yet not claimed.
Miguel states that in order to reclaim your bicycle you must present the original factura or bill of sale along with positive personal identification.
Miguel was very accommodating and friendly.
There is a charge for reclaiming your bicycle and you might even be obligated to pay a multa or fine depending upon the circumstances of the confiscation.
At the entrance to the impound yard Jane and Miguel.
Located in the city center on the corner of Calle 48 and 57 this unimposing municipal building is the office for the impound yard where motor vehicles are also stored.
3 comments:
"...in order to reclaim your bicycle you must present the original factura or bill of sale along with positive personal identification. "
I wonder how many people keep the original bill of sale?
In a lot cases bicycles are bought used, and don't have a bill of sale.
I hope there are other ways to get you bike back...
Also, you mentioned that that you also confiscate tricyles. What kind of trikes do you confiscate? Children's trikes, right? Have you ever confiscated an adult trike?
What was the strangest bike confiscated?
Those are great questions. I wonder too!
REPLY TO; Cully_J;
THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS.
First I am the author of this blog and NOT a confiscator of anything.
For your enlightenment tri-cycles in Mexico and other places like China and India are not children’s trikes, but people powered vehicles used as taxis and for freight hauling among other things.
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