Some People Still Think They're Above the Law!!!

Something really ticked me off today, but let me start at the very beginning.  Sometime mid Feb the traffic authorities had installed automated traffic lights at Shooting Club cross-section.  I thought it was a great idea because this area is always a bottleneck especially at rush hours.

Anyway, yesterday it was Friday morning when I went out, and as usual Egyptians were still asleep and I could have easily ignored the traffic light, but I decided that I won't do that in the new spirit of respecting the traffic laws in Egypt.  Today again I went out in the late morning with my best friend, and just as we reached the cross-section the light had gone red so we stopped.  I was amazed that everyone else did, and what was more amazing that on the intersecting side of the road people where actually waiting for their traffic light to turn green, given the very first line of cars consisted of taxis.( I also want to highlight there was no traffic officer on duty at that side, so they could've easily get away with anything)

Sadly my feelings of pride vanished so quickly, after someone was honking their horns quite hard somewhere behind us, well it was about 50 seconds until the lights would turn green again so I thought he will stop the honking when nobody makes an unlawful move on his behalf.  Just as I was thinking that, a microbus passed by and had to cut on the intersecting side so he could pass ignoring the red light.  I said, OK, still within the normal range, he's a microbus driver, we need to enlighten these people. Right behind him followed a black, brand new Benz, and I recognized the driver, who was the one honking his horns all along, it was the D-list actor Mohamed El-Shakankiri, which without thinking he broke the law by ignoring the red light as well.

Well I felt very angry and I felt like I want to get off the car and run behind him to strangle him.  Why on Earth does he think that he's above the law? He's a nobody when it comes to artistic talents so i don't think anybody is missing anything even if he's late for a shoot or something.

I'm making this a big issue, so in case you don't know what this loser looks like here's his picture.