Cairo Cab Ride

Here's another portion of the article By Challiss McDonough Cairo 29 June 2006 in the Voice of America. It definately sums up the traffic in Cairo:

Visitors to Cairo usually describe the traffic as "terrifying." The streets are packed with cars, and there seem to be no rules about how they should behave. There are white lines painted on the roads, but everyone ignores them. There are traffic lights on many corners, flashing from red to green, but nobody pays attention to them.
Veterinarian Sameh Abdel-Fatah describes navigating the streets of Cairo as a very bitter experience.
"There are no rules, just people and cars everywhere, and traffic, traffic, traffic," he says.

I didn't film during the peak hours of traffic. This video was taken around 2:00 in the afternoon. I wanted viewers to get a feel for the pedestrian game of "Frogger" going on while we drive through the city.

(Disclaimer): No pedestrians were injured during the taping of this video. Have a nice day.