My mothers oldest friend was a drifter for a long time and hitch-hiked everywhere she went, and she told me a story once.
She said that the only thing she could do to stay safe was to try and establish herself as a person in the drivers life, someone memorable as hell, fun to hang around with. One time she took an especially long ride with a man in a truck and she hit it off about the Red Sox, talking about her family life, her favorite movies and childhood along with a whole bunch of other different subjects over the course of 10-12 hours. The man had fun talking to her, and at her destination she got out and leaned inside of his truck window to thank him once again and he said "you know, you remind me of my daughter. Please be more careful out here." She reassured him, saying that she was going to be staying in wherever she was for a good while. With a really genuine and warm smile he said "I had plans for you when you got into this truck, Sweetheart. A stiff prick has no conscious. Remember that." And he drove off.
So the moral of this story is, keep talking. Now most drivers today are perfectly sane individuals but if you're the unlucky one to get into a car with a crazed killer, maybe he'll cut you a break if you're chill to hang out with. :v:
I bought a car because its worth not getting raped and or murdered.
I gave a lift to a hitchhiker once and they tried to force money out of me so I pulled up in the middle of the country, pulled them out of my car, gave them a few slaps and drove away! Hope their dead!
It helps if you have a sign like this.
[img]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4fhfDczm1qfvhmzo1_500.png[/img]
I remember once I picked up a hitch hiker on the way to my friends house, Who lives one town over. He kept trying to bum weed off me and he smelled like shit!
I usually pick up hitch-hikers if I have the time and opportunity, but my parents get pissed when they find out.
it's funny how most hitchhickers are reggae junkies with rastas that smell of dog
My grandfather used to hitchhike his way all the way home across the US whenever he finished his tours in the Navy. Of course, it wasn't out of the norm back then.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;34179911][video=youtube;i3eU73Nc11Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3eU73Nc11Q[/video][/QUOTE]
NICE ONE CHANNEL 4
blocking it in the country you are in.
I'm surprised by how many people consider hitchhiking to be incredibly dangerous, makes me feel much better about doing it myself :v:
It doesn't tend to have high accident rates from what I've seen. When making this thread I read an article about what killed its 'nice' reputation. here it is for anyone who wants a read:
[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/blog/2009/may/29/hitchhiking-uk-road-trip[/url]
(kind of but not really related but!)
there is a lovely film called Into the Wild. it's about a guy who leaves his old, what he considers to be, materialistic life, and goes off; into the wild. there are parts where he hitchhikes, and parts where he makes his own way, but anyone with more of an interest in the people side of hitchhiking (all the weird and wonderful people you meet) would really enjoy this film - i think!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAuzT_x8Ek[/media]
so yeah, not entirely related to this thread but it's a wonderful film and i recommend it to all of you!
Hitchhiking in a truck is honestly more safe (in the human aspect, obviously not physically), simply because if the driver starts to take you somewhere you don't want to go, you wait for a light or a stop-sign and you bail.
Besides, truckers seem to be the kindest when it comes to hitch-hiking, especially if you pitch in for meal prices at truck stops. There are a lot of people out there that you wouldn't expect to be truckers. I met an old lesbian couple who had bought their truck with their own money and were contracting independently.
[QUOTE=The one that is;34121478]Where the fuck do you live and how do I get there?[/QUOTE]
More like, What the fuck is he on and where do i get some?
I'd like to hitchhike across the country. I think it would be a cool experience.
The average passenger for hitchhiking where I live is a Mexican guy who knows this old lady who makes the best goddamned Mexican food you'll ever have.
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