In Reply to: always the same posted by geoffd on Sunday, 11. December 2011 at 09:38 Bali Time:
I got pulled over one night (turning into Jl Pantai Kuta) for being a tourist, got the usual BS about 1m rp fine, but this cop was quite determined to get a decent sum out of me, he said he would go no lower than 400k.
In the my indonesian gf got irate and told him we'd take the ticket and go to the police station in denpasar tomorrow morning with my papers, and will pay my fine there. He quickly decided to accept my offer of 50k.
Next day i got stopped at a road block at the juntion of Jl Griya Anyar and Jl Sunset. Trying my luck i offered 20k, he refused, upped it to 50k and a deal was struck. His threat to give me a ticket was laughable - he showed me the official fines (250 - 800k), and then asked me to fill out a totally different form, tucked into the back of the book.
Stupid thing about this was, we were on our way to my gf's home, to pick up my bag which i had left there which had my licence inside it.