>>>> he had paid 150E for his passavant, got 15 miniutes down the road and >>>> been turned back by the police
Well . This happens from time to time.
On top of the passavant , the law sez that you should have your vehicles´ details written down on your passport -to avoid illegally selling or chopping it in Senegal-
so It may be possible ,and happens from time to time , that even having a Passavant (which costs you 100 EUR in the North , and 5 EUR in the west) you have your car impounded/stopped . you should insist on having your car´s details written down on your passport , unless you know perfectly what are you doing by not having them written.
4 years ago ... before that stupid law of 5year old cars..was exactly the same . The passavant was barely 10EUR , and by paying an extra 10EUR you could choose in Diama weather the officer write down )(or not) your vehicles details. That was made to assist you if you wanted to sell your car illegally.
but from time to time police officerss used to check if you had your vehicle´s details on your passport , and if not... then car impounding/heavy fines , etc... applied.
Have a nice day
Javier
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