Re: Show this to the Mexican police
However... And someone is welcome to fact check this in case my memory is wrong..
I'm fairly certain that I read that if you pay the 'discounted' fine then the money goes straight into the coffers of the 'prosecuting' force whereas if it goes to court and you're found guilty they any money from a fine will go to the national treasury.
This, I believe, is why you receive a NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution) - i.e. they intend to prosecute you but if you pay them off directly without causing them all the time and cost of prosecuting you then they'll drop the matter (albeit with a mechanism to issue penalty points on your license as well), and they'll (allegedly) invest that money into their own road safety budget.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
