Cairo Traffic

Cairo is the second largest city in the world and their traffic congestion is probably number one! As you can see from this photo, striped lanes are only a suggestion.

This is one of the major thorough fares and there seems to always be congestion. There are no traffic lights on this road, no overpasses and no left turns. In order to make a left turn you have drive beyond your desired street and make a U-turn at the nearest designated spot, you then need to drive back to your desired street and turn right. You sometimes have to drive a kilometer or more beyond your left turn and back again. It seems like a very inefficient way to manage traffic to me. There are a few round abouts here and there and inside them, it's a free-for-all, or so it appears. Drivers never use turn signals and always use their horn. It's cacophony of horns! It's amazing to me that there are so few accidents, but when you're only driving 10 mph not much can happen!

I would never, ever voluntarily choose to drive in Cairo!