Driving in Morocco is pretty uneventful. You don’t use your horn as much as one would expect. You pass a lot of horse- and donkey-drawn carriages. Driving through the Atlas is wonderful. Gas stations are everywhere, and there is an attendant who will fill up your car. Which is weird, but nice. You don’t have to leave your nice AC bubble.
If you park in cities, there are random folks who claim they’re parking attendants. And they just might be. You tip them, they watch over your car. They will even wash it for you. Weird, but nice.
Is the traffic chaotic? Sure. But it has a logic, and you’ll get used to scooters and pedestrians jumping in front of your car in no time.
But…
If there’s a stop sign, bloody stop. Even if it makes no sense. There are police checks / checkpoints in Morocco. You need to stop at the little, almost impossible-to-see stop sign and wait for the police officer to wave you through. If you don’t completely stop, you will get fined.
I almost got a €200 fine. But then I remembered: I’m in Morocco. You can bargain about everything. To the great horror of my SO, I started bargaining with the officers. In the end, they were happy to let me go with a €20 bribe.
In Morocco, you can only pass when the line is dashed. If the police stop you and claim that you passed incorrectly, this is what you do.
First, claim that you don’t understand French. Even if you do.
Second, when they try to mime that you can only pass when the line is (waving with hands) dashed-dashed-dashed, you mime back that the line was (waving with hands) dashed-dashed-dashed.
They will give up and let you go.
I suggest yelling and really waving with your hands. It works every time.
Well, it worked once when I tried.
This is in no way advice to bribe or yell at police officers. Obviously.