Oman is absolutely a car-centric country. The infrastructure is built entirely around vehicles. There's tons of parking everywhere—even in the city. Outside the city, buildings aren't constructed right up against the road; they leave plenty of space for vehicle access. Sometimes that's like 100 meters of space.

At roadside eateries, people usually don't even get out of their cars. It's not like a McDonald's drive-through window. You just pull up to the restaurant, honk, a waiter comes out with the menu, takes your order, and then brings everything to your car. It's pretty clear that customers aren't expected to sit down and eat inside the restaurant.

Overall, the roads are fine. Not perfect, but definitely drivable. The lanes are really wide—especially after coming from Serbia. And they don't skimp on the width of parking spaces. Though that doesn't stop drivers from taking up multiple spaces at once.

The main headache with local roads is speed bumps. There are tons of them. They're poorly marked. To make matters worse, they like to put the warning sign a good 100 meters before the actual bump. Sometimes you can even forget the sign was there in the first place :)