Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WEST GERMANY. Traffic is the key problem. Without special permission, a tourist who brings his own car cannot allow anyone else, even his wife, to drive. If he does, he may have to pay the car's entire customs value plus taxes. Hugging the right lane on German autobahns is a matter not only of law but survival. Passing cars often hit 100 m.p.h. Though Germans are quick to turn tourists in for traffic violations, the country is tolerant of Americans who commit "secondary" crimes, such as camping at unofficial sites. Germany is festooned with verboten signs...
...POLAND. Currently the most tolerant Soviet satellite, Poland has jailed no U.S. tourist since 1956. However, it is still unwise to let visas lapse or try to smuggle out letters...
...American goes to jail, it is usually only long enough for the cops to find a translator to call U.S. officials. To avoid accidents, however, avoid night driving. Roads are full of unlighted oxcarts and parked trucks with snoozing drivers. If he bumbles into forbidden areas at night, a tourist may find his car and himself ventilated by trigger-happy guards. Equally dangerous: trading black-market dollars or defacing Tito's ubiquitous pictures...
Other U.S. tourist meccas...
...JAPAN. Any tourist planning to stay for more than 72 hours needs a visa -something airlines frequently forget to tell Americans. Japan forbids all private persons from owning or carrying firearms. Though arrested persons may be held for as long as 30 days without charges, no other country's police force is so eager to hand Americans over to the nearest U.S. consul. A robbed tourist is so rare that he is likely to embarrass the entire country...