Rule # 1: Side flashes expose your intentions to the enemies. Don’t use them so they will be surprised by your moves or in our case attacks.

Rule # 2: When the roads cross, the priority of passage is given as an award to whoever wins the race of getting his car front to the intersection point.

Note: This rule doesn’t apply if the other participant is a truck or a bus due to safety reasons.

Rule # 3: Never allow any safety distance between your car and the car in front of you as it is a risk you can’t afford to take due to:

If you left space, another car will immediately fill it. So you will be just retreated a bit behind and there will also be no safety space.
People will just close their eyes and cross the street from that space.

You will hear 1000 beeps per second if the person in the car behind you is polite, or you will be called some nice animal names if he was less polite. You might also find your self being bumped and pushed if the one behind you is a micro-bus as there are no polite ones of those.

Rule # 4: Traffic lights are note made for organizing traffic as usual. They are made to try to convince people that we are a civilized people. Don’t pay attention to it.

Rule # 5: Most accidents happen at crosses as soon as the traffic light turns red. The sooner you cross during a red light, the safer you are.

Rule # 6: The street is a disgusting place. Drive as fast as you can in order to reach as soon as possible. People who drive slowly are psychos who enjoy torturing themselves so they deserve what they get.

Rule # 7: One of your rights as an Egyptian citizen is that you can park in front of the shop you want to buy something from. If some one was already parking in your place, you have the right to double or triple park him even if you’re going to block the road. 10 minutes late won’t make a difference.

Rule # 8: You have the right to leave your parking space anytime you want and without consideration of those cars in the street. Just turn the wheel and go on. They should wait until you go on your way.

Rule # 9: Be aware of 3 kinds of drivers who think they can’t die:

Cool guys who are used to play videogames and think that going faster will only gain them an extra life.
Delivery motor cycles.
micro-bus drivers
Note: never try to prove to them that they are ever wrong.

Rule # 10: when there is an accident on the road slow down and watch. It is much more realistic and amusing than what you see on the news. In addition to that, you are doing a favor to people by blocking the road preventing any more accidents from occurring.

Rule # 11: If you were stuck in traffic keep beeping continually as people in cars at the front have probably been there too long that they might have slept. So keep them alert.

Rule # 12: If your car is old and big, drive with the concept of “whoever wants nothing to happen to his car step aside”.

Source: Traffic rules - Egypt’s special edition | Progressive U

This is absolutely true in Cairo!