Reasons not to rent a car
1. Car rental and insurance is more expensive in Mexico than in the US. (You are required to have Mexican insurance --if you are in an accident it might keep you out of jail.) 2. Road conditions are often dangerous, especially at night. (Example: Cars without lights or animals stopped on the highway.)3. There are different traffic rules and more importantly different rules of the road. Caution is not enough! 4. Driving a car can carry you into the hands of corrupt police. (See 'la mordida' tip.) or more rarely in the hands of highway bandits.5. Injury accidents can mean all parties are placed in jail until "justice" runs its course.6. Parking is usually a problem, and will tend to limit your hotel choice.7. Theft and collisions can cost alot of money8. Driving in a car isolates you from the Mexican people.9. Bus transportation is convenient, inexpensive and can take you to almost all...
