Riding Scooter in Iran - Rush Hour without Traffic Rules

[Bologna998]

Hi everyone! 

 

I went to Iran this year and got to "enjoy" the local rush hour on the back of a scooter. And you know what? They don't care about traffic rules as much as we do. I'm still in one piece, but traumatized forever 

 

Enjoy:

 

 

[dynax]

No wonder the other drivers were confused, your mate had his left indicator on

[Bologna998]

22 hours ago, dynax said:

No wonder the other drivers were confused, your mate had his left indicator on

I know, right? I only noticed after a while 

[OldEssexMan]

An entertaining vid, rather like riding in central London apart from the ignoring of road signs, which MOST riders here still obey! Interesting that he only reached the heady heights of 25kph once. I particularly liked the section where they passed the copper on traffic duty, the step-through rider on their right was riding one-handed, phone to his ear.

Hardly anybody was using the horn, unlike when I have been in Saudi or Jordan where everybody seems to have the horn sounding all the time.

[S-Westerly]

Not sure about ours obeying traffic signs. Cyclists certainly don't and just the other day I saw a guy on a Speed Triple go straight through a red light and only narrowly avoid being taken out by a totally innocent car. 

[OldEssexMan]

Well, I did say MOST and I wasn't including cyclists.

[Bologna998]

On 05/10/2021 at 10:55, OldEssexMan said:

An entertaining vid, rather like riding in central London apart from the ignoring of road signs, which MOST riders here still obey! Interesting that he only reached the heady heights of 25kph once. I particularly liked the section where they passed the copper on traffic duty, the step-through rider on their right was riding one-handed, phone to his ear.

Hardly anybody was using the horn, unlike when I have been in Saudi or Jordan where everybody seems to have the horn sounding all the time.

I think he tried not to go faster on purpose. No point in hurting the foreigner 

 

They do honk quite a lot, but it was a rather quiet evening that time.

[PaulCa]

I've not ridden there but traffic in Cairo is insane like this.  A 3 lane highway will be at least 5 wide, more like 6 with cycles and motorcyclists weaving through.  I asked why everybody drove so close and was told, sometime to the effect of, so nobody gets in front of me.  The driver noted that expensive cars had space cause everyone else was driving a shit box full of rust and holes covered in dents and pantina.  I think we were in 3 different car accidents on the 1 hour drive to the hotel.  Mostly just bumps or a little scraps and a minor fold , you know, normal rush hour.

 

An important tip.  In Cairo flashing your lights does NOT mean, "come on ahead".  It means "Don't you ****ing dare."  

 

In Istanbul, I had to push my friend out of the way because he was being polite and letting a woman cross in front of him.  The trouble was we were all standing in the 6 inch gap between two taxis, he had just left that gap and the taxis were not waiting and were currently pushing me along with that gap.  I had to shove him forward, just as I got shoved from behind.  He hadn't a clue what was going on.  The traffic wasn't even going to wait while you are standing in it.  They will expect YOU to move along with it, if you want to cross.  When you learn this it works quite well, you zigzag across flowing with the 2 -3 mph traffic.  Just don't stop!

Edited October 11, 2021 by PaulCa