First con

Okay,Nicaragua.
Managua ring road is dotted with large roundabouts. The cops wait for you to come off the island then call you across. Then they say you switched lanes, which is true, because you’ve just come across two lanes to see what they want…cunning!
Then they say you can have a ticket and pay 400 cordoba at a bank, or you can settle it with them without a ticket.

The longer you are prepared to spend wasting their time, the lower the figure gets. I had an hour, during which other potential money was passing by.

It’s a game you can’t win, but you can come away knowing that they know that you know.