note: this actually happened about 1hr east from here
so, passing is a given when driving in guatemala. it saves both your time and lungs. you lose track how many times you’re ‘forced’ to pass…but maybe 10-20 per hour? you also ignore the dotted lines, beecause they’re not often enough…and sometimes in illogical places.
that said, i passed a car on a solid line on a bit of a curve, which hid the police car on the other side of the bend. i noticed that after our string of cars passed him, he started following the pack. being paranoid, i turned into the next street, which led into a nice little town. the road was good, so i kept going.
eventually i ended up back on the main highway, without a ticket and without paying a toll (according to the AAA map, it’s a toll road…but that might be wrong). most of the road was fine but there were a few streams i had to fjord (is that how you spell it?).