Strolling the street the other day Ali remarked, "If you want to buy a Moroccan a present buy him a horn." He was referring to a car horn and he was dead on. In a city where motorbikes, cars, pedestrians and even donkeys and mules share the streets, the "toot, toot" of car horns is a constant. It seems a green light is simply not sufficient notice for a driver to get going after sitting at a red light, at least not according to the driver behind him. As soon as the traffic light turns green, (and quite possibly the second before) any number of cars are honking their horns, and not because the driver in the lead is lingering (God forbid!) but for the sole reason that the light turned green and "you need to go."
Which makes me wonder, where are these people in such a hurry to go? Or are they simply annoying? I wager they're just impatient, as evidenced by their blatant disregard for lanes. They move in and out of lanes at random, passing people on a two-lane, two-way road and nonchalantly going through red lights! Needless to say I've had some scary moments in cabs!
But I have to say all of this craziness makes for lively street life, which I enjoy immensely. Marrakesh is a walking city, and as such I go many places on foot and can freely observe the Moroccans and all their stroke-inducing driving habits. Just don't put me in a car with any of them.
Aziz was such a good driver, when he first began driving here in the US. But, now his road rage elevates to a new level every day. Honking his horn, aburptly changing lanes, and speeding or Maybe it's the Moroccan driver coming out of him!!! Haha or maybe he needs to drive in Morocco again for a week to appreciate our system.
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