I have hitch hiked unintentionally. There was an old woman and her daughter looking for the place where I happened to be going. They offered me a ride in exchange for showing them where to go and honestly it was cold and the bus was taking forever !
where do all ya'll escapists stand on hitch-hiking?
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Yeah no.
I don't trust the people where I live let alone people from outside my state. So no hitch-hiking for me, or picking up any hitch-hikers, but I will give them money to use the public bus!
I don't trust the people where I live let alone people from outside my state. So no hitch-hiking for me, or picking up any hitch-hikers, but I will give them money to use the public bus!
I've never picked up anyone yet. There was one time where I was tempted to pick up a couple of students as their likely destination would have been on my route, but they were walking on a stretch of road where it would have been unsafe, maybe illegal, to stop, so I left them at it.
Dangerous my friends. Been a few homicides in my area about hitchhiking. It just isn't like it was 30 years ago, or so my Dad says.
I've yet to let a hitchhiker in.
I've yet to let a hitchhiker in.
I have both hitch-hiked and picked up hitch-hikers.
Picked up hitch-hikers in California several times. Generally European hikers around the national parks near which I currently live and once a couple of Marines who were trying to get back to Camp Pendleton before their leave expired.
Also picked up a couple of hitchhikers in Ireland - an elderly guy going to visit family and a college kid headed back to college after a winter break spent working at a slaughterhouse to pay for tuition.
I have hitch-hiked a few times around the aforementioned national parks. Generally get picked up by either European tourists or rock-climbers. The only time I ever felt at all odd was once I was picked up by a parole officer who wanted to lecture me on how dangerous it was to hitch-hike. It was a little odd and I got out and stayed out when we stopped for gas.
I should probably mention that I'm 6' tall and at the time most of this happened, I was going to the gym for weight training pretty regularly, was in pretty good shape, and otherwise generally at least a little intimidating.
The Marines could have probably taken me out without breaking a sweat though. ;p
Picked up hitch-hikers in California several times. Generally European hikers around the national parks near which I currently live and once a couple of Marines who were trying to get back to Camp Pendleton before their leave expired.
Also picked up a couple of hitchhikers in Ireland - an elderly guy going to visit family and a college kid headed back to college after a winter break spent working at a slaughterhouse to pay for tuition.
I have hitch-hiked a few times around the aforementioned national parks. Generally get picked up by either European tourists or rock-climbers. The only time I ever felt at all odd was once I was picked up by a parole officer who wanted to lecture me on how dangerous it was to hitch-hike. It was a little odd and I got out and stayed out when we stopped for gas.
I should probably mention that I'm 6' tall and at the time most of this happened, I was going to the gym for weight training pretty regularly, was in pretty good shape, and otherwise generally at least a little intimidating.
The Marines could have probably taken me out without breaking a sweat though. ;p
I regularly take long drives and pick up hitchers whenever I see them. I've never been robbed or murdered, and usually it's good conversation. The only people I don't like at the ones who don't talk.
Some notable times:
- the guy who traveled with his cat
- the girl who got in and immediately got topless, and spent the trip laying back trying to stay in the sunlight.
- the woman who believed I was kidnapping her
- the guy who brought me $80 of gas, as well as lunch and a hat
- the Japanese backpackers who wouldn't stop taking my picture
- the brony (seriously)
Some notable times:
- the guy who traveled with his cat
- the girl who got in and immediately got topless, and spent the trip laying back trying to stay in the sunlight.
- the woman who believed I was kidnapping her
- the guy who brought me $80 of gas, as well as lunch and a hat
- the Japanese backpackers who wouldn't stop taking my picture
- the brony (seriously)
I make far to much money to hitch hike. Also there was a girl I believe last year in Colorado who was hitching and was found dead 2 weeks later. People are nuts.
Epic Win ^^walrusaurus said:
OT: As long as you're not the surprise-serial-killer type of hitch-hiker, you're cool with me.
Best response. /threadwalrusaurus said:
To pick-up a hitchhiker you have to be pretty friendly,
to be a successful hitchhiker you have to be pretty friendly.
I see no problem with friendly people helping friendly people.
I've never participated in hitchhiking though...it's kinda scary.
I think it would all depend on the circumstance, but not likely, I'm too paranoid about that sort of thing.
One of my cousins used to pick up hitchhikers on a regular basis. He would always buy them a meal at McDonalds or something like that and drop them as close to where they were going as he could. One time he picked up a guy, bought him dinner and all that jazz, and when he dropped the guy off at is destination, the guy informed him that he had a gun and was going to rob my cousin, but couldn't bring himself to do it because of how nice he was to the guy.
One of my cousins used to pick up hitchhikers on a regular basis. He would always buy them a meal at McDonalds or something like that and drop them as close to where they were going as he could. One time he picked up a guy, bought him dinner and all that jazz, and when he dropped the guy off at is destination, the guy informed him that he had a gun and was going to rob my cousin, but couldn't bring himself to do it because of how nice he was to the guy.
I always keep myself armed, so occasionally ill help someone out, but usually only if they're going near by. Im not sure id want to drive with someone for hours but, i wouldnt mind a drive across town for someone.
If a guy actually seemed to need it (and not the homeless guys because that's just awkward) or if he asked me then sure, I've done a few at college but those weren't real hitchhikers.
I'd probably, if I found the guy cool, stop at a cigar bar or something and chat it up for a few (less he had to be somewhere quick).
The problem though, is that I can't navigate by roads, and for some, driving with a person who glares at a GPS every 15 minutes is a little weird.
I'd probably, if I found the guy cool, stop at a cigar bar or something and chat it up for a few (less he had to be somewhere quick).
The problem though, is that I can't navigate by roads, and for some, driving with a person who glares at a GPS every 15 minutes is a little weird.