All professional drivers must have at least two cell phones they use at the same time, while passing a semi on a blind corner and chain smoking. It's the rules.
Seat belts are for decoration. No one uses them and many are broken. Unless your car makes noise when you aren't wearing it. If you can hear the noise over the horn, put your seat belt on.
In Egypt, there are at least 5 lanes on any two lane road. The shoulder, the painted lanes, and the center line. Oh, and if you feel like it, the lane for oncoming traffic is fair game too.
At night, lights substitute for the horn. Flash them, turn them off, use your brights, or if you're really energetic, use the lights and the horn.
Motorcycles are highly underutilized in the US. Motorcycles here can carry a family of four plus farm goods for the market on the moms head. Riding side saddle in flip flops is totally safe. Carrying 5' tall canisters of gasses across the seat between two riders is an excellent idea, but does make it harder to squish between cars.
Stop lights just muck up the system. It's much better to just charge across the 7 or so lanes of traffic blaring your horn and hope for the best. Our driver said he's never been in an accident! He also said good luck is necessary to drive in Egypt. Most cars are scratched, dented, and dinged all over from slight misjudgements in the lane squeezing process. Our drivers car was perfect!
If it has wheels or legs, it's good to go on the road. Pedestrians cross the freeway, motorcycles drive on the sidewalk. Anything goes! You gotta be quick and decisive in Egypt. Unless you're one of those that just saunters across the busy street.
As an aside, don't need an ambulance in Egypt. They just sit in traffic with everyone else. No one yields the right of way.
Armed with this knowledge, I think I can take my Egyptian Driving Test. One of our drivers said people don't follow the driving laws, but I'm pretty sure that is because there aren't any.
Anyone want a ride?
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