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by yohannesk 1063 days ago
I am from Ethiopia. I can confirm that it does not work. I wouldn't recommend tourists to drive here unless they stay at least a month observing how traffic works. Years ago when I started driving, I use to slow down, be attentive, allow people to go first but through time I learned (was forced?) to be like the average driver or I couldn't get anywhere. This[1] place is renovated now but there are other squares where people drive like this. It's prone to traffic accidents

[1] https://youtu.be/UEIn8GJIg0E

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Amazing video. My jaw dropped watching it. However I then realized the video playback is quite speed up. Perhaps as much as x4. Still a very interesting video.
I think that it works best when the traffic density is below a certain level.

When traffic becomes busy some order is needed