Juan, a rookie cop from Mexico, goes to a police academy in Maine for a month in an exchange program. One day, he rides along with a highway patrol officer named Burt.
"Are you finding policing very different in the States?" Burt asks.
"Not really," says Juan. "A lot of Mexican laws are based on American ones. Our laws are better organized, though."
The officer chuckles and swiftly pulls over his first catch of the day--a young man in a Chevy, going ten miles over the speed limit. Burt lets him off with a warning.
Juan shakes his head when Burt returns to the car. "Back home we wouldn't pull someone over for something as little as that."
A few minutes later, the cop pulls over another car, a woman in a Fiat, for zig-zagging through traffic and tailgating. Burt takes several minutes writing up a citation.
"American laws are much stricter than I expected," Juan said when the cop came back. "In Mexico, we wouldn't even notice someone driving like that. We certainly wouldn't give a ticket."
Finally, the pair see a red sports car roar down the shoulder, zipping past one, two, three cars before Burt can flip the siren on and zoom along the shoulder after him.
As both cars come to a stop, Juan's face lights up. "Ah, this is more what I'm used to. I know how to handle this one," he says. He steps out of the car, draws his gun, and shoots the driver dead.
"What'd you do that for?!" yells Burt. Juan looks confused. "That's one of the laws from America, do you really not know about 'Tres passers will be shot?'"
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