Driving in Morocco: an Alternative Perspective

It was with some trepidation that we pulled away from the car hire kiosk at Marrakech airport in our shiny new Kia. We’d done our research and, in doing so, had read countless reports of travellers falling victim to Morocco’s corrupt traffic enforcement officials. One YouTuber recounted being pulled over three times on the same stretch of road and ‘fined’ for what were seemingly imagined traffic offenses. And so, pockets stuffed full of notes to pay off any apparent traffic violations, we set off.