Regular Honking Egypt
Posted in Travel on 05 Jan 2008 at 1:18 pm
I kept thinking that Egypt’s population is at 60 million but it turns out over sometime they are now closer to 75 million, and Cairo is one very packed City. As one friend said it, there is basically no reason to have a fast car in Egypt, you just want a car that would win in all bumper to bumper accidents, and those taxis are strong tin cans!
The honking in Egypt came as expected, but what I noticed was that people just drove with their hands on the horn. Unlike Kuwait where road rage is rampant and honking is one of the last resorts with a inclination to kill, in Egypt they just honk and lean on each other without getting that pissed, even sometimes they are very cool about it. There is no where to go and everyone just honks the horn and squeezes into every possible crevice they can, I probably get a Hummer H1 or a Land Rover Defender to drive through Egypt and clear the way.
In Egypt one thing that gets annoying is how they try to push their car through, there is no concept of lanes, doesn’t matter how many white lines you paint its invisible in Egypt. Traffic lights are another story, they are only there as suggestions for drivers and not to be followed, red, yellow, and green are all one color “GO”.
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January 5th 2008 at 2:02 pm
yeaaaah!! I know they are mad drivers bas I love it!! I am going there this week
I will remember your post and take a video 
January 5th 2008 at 2:39 pm
talk about “GO” being red. Everytime i get close to a traffic light in kuwait…there is always someone who crosses after the traffic light had signaled red.
January 5th 2008 at 3:16 pm
Sounds like France…
January 5th 2008 at 3:42 pm
yea, tell me about it. I just hate driving in Egypt. One thing I do enjoy, is driving in between cars in a zigzag…its cool to Break the Rules from time to time.
You should give it a try
January 5th 2008 at 7:28 pm
LoooooooooooooooooL, true and funny!
January 5th 2008 at 7:46 pm
if u get a hummer u wont be able to move anywhere!
bs the honking yo3tabar zain
it was MUCH worse before!
January 5th 2008 at 8:06 pm
Their traffic rules are gibberish written in a 1000th yr old book buried deep in an unidentified desert..
Still cant get past the fact that most their cars go back to the 70s
January 6th 2008 at 3:01 am
I can no longer see the images on your blog site – I get only a broken link symbol. Your site is the only one on which this occurs, e.g., no problem at all with Mark’s site (2:48) images.
My use a new iMac Intel Dual Core running OS 10.5.1 (Leopard).
January 6th 2008 at 11:56 am
hahahahaha!!!! my friend told me about the curse words that you can honk LOL
January 7th 2008 at 7:56 am
chikaP: Enjoy!! lol!
KWT23: That is why we have cameras at the lights!!!
TP: But with funnier drivers!
TRiPLE M: hahaha! That is what one friend told me, ignore everything and everyone and just drive!
Laialy: yup!
eshda3wa: I know it has gotten better, that is for sure!
Kaileena: It isn’t going to change anytime soon because of high taxes! I don’t know if they even have one!
docxray: Thats really strange, everything seems find to me!
Rashisha: lol
January 7th 2008 at 11:02 am
loool! Yeah, the thing is they don’t really care they just drive through… and mostly in saudi they do that too, but more in Egypt. You should get a hummer and install that horn you had here before.. with the video.. lol!
January 7th 2008 at 10:11 pm
Riding in a taxi was one of my worst experiences there
January 11th 2008 at 9:53 am
Cairo Population is over 17,000,000
Kuwait is 3,000,000
You have to exepect some traffic
January 12th 2008 at 12:54 am
N: looool!
Pearls: I can understand that!
Mohammad Elkersh: I can understand that!