You would notice also that drivers rarely look at each other, for if they did they would be obliged to give way. The same rule applies to pedestrians. If they cross the road looking at the wrong direction, they are more likely to get away with if than if they look at drivers. If a driver knows you can see him, he will not stop. Your international license gives you the right to drive in Egypt.
Most international car hire companies operate at the major airports and hotels.
But before you hire a car, make sure that you have a parking place for it. Parking may be easy if you are staying in a hotel out of town, say in Heliopolis or the Pyramids district or Maadi, but in the centre of Cairo, a car is a liability. However, the risks increase considerably outside Cairo, on the roads to Alexandria and the Red sea resorts. Care must be exercised at all times. There are plans in the pipeline to make Egyptian roads outside Cairo safer, until these are in place, it would be wiser to take a coach or a train journey and leave the car behind.