Three times short, once long, five times short. If you want to steer your car reasonably safely in the traffic chaos of Cairo, you have to use the horn as a kind of fifth gear. All drivers honk all the time, warning the surrounding cars and making way. Most of the time it's fine, but many cars are also dented, which somehow doesn't matter.

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