Much has been written in various travel books, about the traffic here in Cairo. I can vouch for the accuracy of all that has been written. Cairo traffic is amazingly chaotic. Yet, somehow, it all works. There seem to be unwritten rules that all drivers seem to know but remain elusive to those of us who do not drive here.The best time for maneuvering around Cairo is on Friday mornings. Friday is the sabbath for Muslims, so traffic is lightest. It is the heaviest on Thursdays afternoons at rush hour.
As you can see traffic is choked. Cars are parked on the sides--even double parked--sometimes triple parked-- which causes constrictions as traffic attempts to merge and move around the parked cars, or delivery trucks. Everything slows to a crawl. Other cars then start crossing the flow in both directions by sticking their noses into oncoming traffic creating more confusion. Add into the mix pedestrians trying to cross the street, and you have----Chaos! Interesting to watch--but you hate being caught in it.
I remember that crazy traffic. I'll take my empty roads on Mackinac any day!
ReplyDeleteI no longer think the beltway around Indy at rush hour is so bad!
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