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Hitchhiking General

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 16:31:14 No.76861 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>77075 >>77818 >>78013 >>80072

We've recently had a lot of trainhopping threads, now let's share some hitchhiking stories, questions, ideas, upcoming plans, tips, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 16:45:17 No.76876 Report

Quoted By: >>76882 >>77116 >>81478

Some things I think work well (not in America, so maybe it won't work as well there):
>Standing by the road side has less chances of success than talking to drivers at the parking lots of gas stations and roadside diners.
>Looking like a normal person instead of a bum triples your speed
>Try to make yourself look as friendly and nice as possible. I've had good results with a teddy sitting on top of my backpack.
>Carry a WELL-CONCEILED taser (if legal) or fixed blade. It's the best self-defense weapon in a car.
>If you have the choice between getting in the car with someone who gives you a bad gut feeling, or spending a night outside, enjoy your camping.
>Always know where you're going. Carry a road map, so you can point the driver to specific places (gas stations and roadside diners).
>If asked where you're going by a stopping driver, be vague and ask him where he's headed instead.
>Tell drivers, you're travelling with a group and split up to be faster, even if you aren't.
>If you need to get out of the car prematurely (e.g. drunk driver you didn't notice), test your cell phone's texting ringtone, pretend to read and say "Hey, my friend just arrived at [next possible stop], please let me out there."

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 16:50:23 No.76882 Report

Quoted By: >>76887

>>76876
Just realized this sounds pretty paranoid, but the rest of the knowledge you'll need is camping and hiking related, and pretty straightforward.
Nothing bad ever happened to me while hitchhiking, but my uncle got driven to a deserted parking lot and told to suck the driver's dick, once.
He pulled out a knife and told the driver to get him back to a place with people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 16:55:48 No.76887 Report

Quoted By: >>76895 >>78213

>>76882
>got driven to a deserted parking lot and told to suck the driver's dick
sshhiet

>drunk driver you didn't notice
yeah this happened to me in manitoba. I got into a car with two guys and they offered me a mike's hard lemonade, then helped themselves. I moved some of the junk on the cat floor with my feet, lo and behold several empty bottles of the stuff. Made me real nervous real fast, but thankfully it was only a 30 minute drive through some of the flattest and straighest terrain in Canada.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 16:59:13 No.76891 Report

Quoted By: >>76924

Just realized this sounds pretty paranoid, but the rest of the knowledge you'll need is camping and hiking related, and pretty straightforward.
Nothing bad ever happened to me while hitchhiking, but my uncle got driven to a deserted parking lot and told to suck the driver's dick at knife-point, once.
He told the driver he won't do it, that he'd memorized the license plate, and will report him to police, if he didn't murder him or drive back to a place with people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:02:41 No.76895 Report

Quoted By: >>76902

>>76887
did you suck it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:08:51 No.76902 Report

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>>76895
Read the post above you, breh

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:10:43 No.76907 Report

Quoted By: >>78214

Makes you wonder how many crazys are
out there and just waiting for an opportunity
to outlive their creepy fantasies.

Maybe a hitchiking app would be smart, where
you take a picture and it gets automatically
uploaded to an just in case account.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:11:46 No.76908 Report

Quoted By: >>76918 >>76924

I've logged nearly 200 rides in my hitching journal (in Europe). Some have been idiots who took me in the wrong direction or whatever, but overall I've never seriously regretted getting a lift.
To say that hitching is any more dangerous than crossing the street is completely unfounded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:16:22 No.76918 Report

Quoted By: >>76933 >>77054

>>76908
How many murdered hitchikers live to tell the tale?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:19:18 No.76924 Report

Quoted By:

>>76908
Nobody said that.
But as I stated here >>76891 there's not much you need to know except for some precautionary measures in case something does go wrong.
The most likely way to die while hitchhiking is in a car accident, or getting run over.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:22:14 No.76933 Report

Quoted By:

>>76918
I'd wager their friends/family do, after they disappeared on their trips and are found in some road-side ditch later.
But that rarely happens.
The hitchhiking scare is perpetuated by people who are afraid their kids might turn into a tramp, and by the people that are too afraid to try it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:25:44 No.76939 Report

Quoted By: >>76941 >>76948 >>77221

Does anyone have experience telling drivers (before you get in) that you'll take a picture of their license plate and send it to a friend? I got into the habit of doing this. I've had a couple of drivers refuse with a sketchy look in their eyes. Glad I didn't take those rides.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:28:24 No.76941 Report

Quoted By:

>>76939
Also, one of my hitchhiking friends always took a picture of her driver after the ride was over, just for keepsakes. Everyone was usually friendly and agreed to a casual photo. Even the fucking pervs who tried to get in her pants, funnily enough. She has a "shame series" of photos where, sure enough, the guys all look kind of pathetic and uncomfortable to be in the picture.

Weird Texan !!vZHDi0mGEw+

Weird Texan !!vZHDi0mGEw+ Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:32:40 No.76943 Report

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I hitched a ride from dude a few days ago who was really cool except for that he's probably an alcoholic. He ranted about Bob Dylan and at one point we went back to his place to jam and philosophize, anything cool he wanted to remember he wrote down. He was a foster kid who joined the navy then worked his way through college and bought his own house..

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 17:37:35 No.76948 Report

Quoted By:

>>76939
I'd look at the license plate, tell the driver you're texting your friend that you found a ride, send the plate number, then get in the car. If you're a fast texter, it'll only take a few seconds.

It gets the message across that you're not on your own and will be missed and if the driver tries something, you can tell him you sent his plate number and even show the sent text.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:14:51 No.77004 Report

Quoted By: >>77049

Heard police men are touching the back of the particular car so their palm print helps finding that particular car in case something happens. Sounds reasonable too me. I'm wondering if that would make sense for a hitckiker, considering even you get away there is a little bit proof you were in contact with that particular car, once you file something with the police.

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Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:21:30 No.77016 Report

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7 minute Abs

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:28:07 No.77033 Report

Quoted By: >>77203 >>77478

>Driving down to Miami to find former HS prom date
>Going alone, so decide to pick up hitchhiker in South Carolina
>He seems kind of odd
>Mentions some get rich scheme about "7 minute abs"
>Tried to tell him politely that it doesn't sound reasonable
>He starts to angry with me, so decide to pull over at a rest area to piss
>Get out car, walk into woods and trip over something
>Suddenly lights everywhere and find myself in the middle of a gay orgy being busted by the police
>Get arrested for soliciting prostitution
>Hitchhiker runs off and leaves his bag in car which contains a chopped up dead body
>Get accused and jailed for murder
>Hitchhiker eventually confesses and am released.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:32:31 No.77043 Report

Quoted By:

I've only picked up a hitchhiker once

>Be driving to Tennessee from North Carolina
>Its snowing/icy on some narrow winding roads down a mountain
>See a guy with military duffle bag.
>Always looking to help out a fellow veteran
>Pull over, chat with him a bit.
>I'm going to Knoxville, he needs a ride to Nashville
>Tell him I'll go ahead and give him a ride to as far as I'm going
>Chat with him for a bit, find out he served in the Navy and was heading to Nashville for work
>Get to Knoxville, decide to buy him a bus ticket to Nashville so he won't have to camp out in the cold

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:35:51 No.77049 Report

Quoted By:

>>77004

Assuming the driver doesn't wash the car

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:38:48 No.77054 Report

Quoted By: >>78217

>>76918
By this logic you could say alien abduction happens every day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:49:12 No.77075 Report

Quoted By: >>77085

>>76861

> be biketouring in canada, along the 132 near gaspé
> see hot anarchist-type girl hitchhiking
> share some food with her, tell her i hope she makes it to where she's going
> a few days later we meet again at a bonfire party on a beach
> end up fucking her until the sun comes up
> I left for Montreal the next day

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:55:37 No.77082 Report

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>friendly romanian man picks me up in his audi
>we chat for 2 hours, he's very nice and non-threatening
>he drops me off in a touristy town's gas station
>sets me up with some canned food, a sandwich, a smoothie that he buys at the station
>we split ways

next day:

>i've hitched some 100 km further
>just walked off the highway, entering the next touristy village
>romanian guy in the audi just happens to stop at the intersection when I'm crossing the street
>we make eye contact
>i cheerfully wave
>he pretends he doesn't recognize me

There was a woman + child in the car now, he probably didn't want his wife to know he was picking up hitchhikers... Too bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 18:56:52 No.77085 Report

Quoted By:

>>77075
living the dream

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:12:27 No.77103 Report

Quoted By: >>77122

I think I might look intimidating in a way that would discourage anyone picking me up. I've been told I look like a serial killer. Anybody here know that feeling?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:16:39 No.77108 Report

Quoted By:

Upcoming plans eh?

Basically this >>76922

But I'll summarise here:
>Graduating uni
>Live in UK
>Planning to hitchhike eastwards until I get bored, across Europe, camping and staying in hostels or whatever, maybe stay with friend in Austria

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:21:29 No.77115 Report

Quoted By: >>77122

Any US hitchhikers? I'm wondering if anyone has generally better experiences being picked up by certain types of travelers. Ie, truckers vs cars, families vs. people traveling alone, men vs women, young folks vs. old folks etc. Who's more likely to pick you up, who makes better drivers/travel buddies etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:21:51 No.77116 Report

Quoted By: >>77162

>>76876
I would add to these:

- Stand somewhere so that drivers can see you from a distance, giving them time to think about stopping. The times I've been in a car and we didn't stop for a hitch hiker, it was usually because we didn't notice them in time.

- As soon as you can make out the windshield of an approaching car, fix your eyes on it and then make eye contact as soon as you can see the driver's eyes. It makes a human connection with the driver and shows that you are on your toes and alert, not just some aimless zombie.

- Have a beard? Shave it. It makes you look several years younger. Long hair isn't an issue in this day and age, just tie it back so they can see your face clearly.

- Know the local law as well as possible, or at least know whether the highway patrol enforces it. Is it legal to stand on the shoulder of the highway or do you have to wait on the ramp? In most of N.America on the major highways its legal to hitch on the ramps but not the freeway; you can walk right up to the "no pedestrians" sign and park yourself there but go beyond it and you're breaking the law, at least that's what I've been told.

- You can totally travel with a dog, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. For every driver who would say "I would pick you up except for the dog" there is one who will say "I love dogs and ONLY stopped because you had one".

- Two people is an ideal traveling unit. Three is pushing your luck and any more than that and you need to split into pairs. Two women together will get places faster than a lone male; a man and a woman will also do very well.

Those are just off the top of my head. I could probably think of more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:28:23 No.77122 Report

Quoted By: >>77150

>>77103
I met a kid once who was over six feet tall and black. He usually stuck to the rails but when he had to hitch hike he knew he was going to have shit luck so this is what he did. He made a sign that said "traveling, hungry and broke". In any given place that someone like me would be stuck for a couple of hours on average, he would be there for three days. But the same motorists who were afraid to pick him up would sometimes stop and give him food or a bit of change. So it took him forever to get anywhere but at least he didn't have to starve.

>>77115
Truckers in US/Canada are usually not allowed to pick up passengers for insurance reasons, but sometimes they will anyway. Also it's damn hard for them to stop quickly on the highway once they get up some speed. The best way to get rides from truckers is at truck stops by approaching them in person. Sometimes they can't help you but know another driver who can. Riding in big trucks is a blast too, being up above the rest of the traffic and checking out all the dials and gear in the cab. Plus truckers always have stories to tell.

As for the rest of your query, I've been picked up by everyone at some point. Lone men, lone women, families, old people, kids who probably got their license last week, a bus full of people coming from a Jesus camp, you name it. I even know people who've been picked up by limousines. Majority of the time though it's men driving solo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 19:54:33 No.77150 Report

Quoted By: >>77170

>>77122
>So it took him forever to get anywhere but at least he didn't have to starve.
Holy fuck, that is pretty sad. Good on him for not giving up, I guess. On the flip side, black people basically never pick up hitchhikers. I don't think it's in their culture at all.

>Truckers in US/Canada are usually not allowed to pick up passengers for insurance reasons, but sometimes they will anyway. Also it's damn hard for them to stop quickly on the highway once they get up some speed. The best way to get rides from truckers is at truck stops by approaching them in person. Sometimes they can't help you but know another driver who can. Riding in big trucks is a blast too, being up above the rest of the traffic and checking out all the dials and gear in the cab. Plus truckers always have stories to tell.

Yep, this. However, I've gotten many many rides from truckers so it varies. I've never approached truckers at truck stops, I'm still extremely intimidated by the idea. They're working, they're tired, a lot of them are gruff and they enjoy solitude, so I don't like to step on their toes. But I've had many truckers stop for me on two-lane highways with sparse traffic, and it's so so nice when they set you up with a trucker friend going further. Sometimes they will offer you a bunk in the cab, but I've only slept in them when I hitched with partners so one of us could always keep an eye open.

And I agree that riding in big trucks is fun, those are some of my favourite moments from hitchhiking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:01:39 No.77159 Report

Quoted By: >>77183

I once got picked up by a long haul trucker, got in and he was obviously drunk as fuck. He got out of the drivers seat and said. 'I've got to piss you drive. This is on the highway at 60mph and more, I've never driven a truck. So I have no choice but to ninja jump into the drivers seat because he is already at the back of the cab attempting to piss in a bottle. I figure out the driving thing really quick under the circumstances. 5 minutes later I turn around and he's passed out with piss all over him... Manage to stop the truck on the side of the road, put on the hazards, get out and walk away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:02:41 No.77162 Report

Quoted By: >>77192

>>77116
>Two women together will get places faster than a lone male.

My first hitching trip ever was across Canada with a female friend. Sometimes we'd wait in a shitty spot for 3 hours and, being noobies to it all, we'd think we were failing badly. Then we'd talk to male travellers who'd passed through the same spot and waited for 8+ hours if not upward of 2 days. That changed our perspective a bit.

A guy and girl pairing is also similar to girl + girl in terms of ease/speed. I think people perceive couples to be non-threatening and nicely balanced for chatting, small-talk, or simple presence in the car (vibes).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:09:48 No.77170 Report

Quoted By: >>77184

>>77150
The times I've gotten picked up by black drivers, it's always been in areas you don't associate with having a black population. Case in point, I was stranded in Superior, Wisconsin once because that's where I got dropped late on a Saturday night. I slept somewhere discrete and out of the way and in the morning woke to discover that I couldn't hitch hike on the bridge over to Duluth and being a Sunday morning, there were no buses for a few hours. So I just sat at the bus stop and pulled out my book. A driver stopped and informed me that I'd be waiting a long time, then offered me a ride over the bridge. I wasn't even thumbing, he just saw a stranded dude and stopped out of the kindness of his heart. Driving over the bridge, the view of Lake Superior and surrounding landscape was magnificent. He told me he had recently moved up here from the south and was still in awe of the natural beauty. "Sure is pretty up here". He paused for a moment... "not many black people but it sure is pretty".

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:17:04 No.77183 Report

Quoted By:

>>77159
Holy fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:17:25 No.77184 Report

Quoted By:

>>77170
I love this story.

The only black person to ever pick me up was an immigrant from Sudan, so a different culture. And apparently hitchhiking was pretty popular there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:21:29 No.77192 Report

Quoted By: >>77272

>>77162
>My first hitching trip ever was across Canada with a female friend.

huh, me too actually... St. John's to Calgary. We didn't have anywhere particular to go, we just stopped in Calgary because we ran into some friends and it seemed like an easy place to pick up work so we stayed there for the following winter. The longest waits we had were six hours, once or twice. Traveling alone as a male, those long waits happen more frequently. Trying to hitch across northern Ontario and the prairies is the main reason I wanted to learn to ride trains. If you hitch hike that expanse and don't consider suicide at least once a day, you are a strong person.

...though a few summers later I went that direction again and not half an hour west of Ottawa I was offered a ride all the way to Alberta. That's like 3000 km, one ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:31:37 No.77203 Report

Quoted By: >>77220

>>77033
umm.....yeah..right..

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:34:06 No.77206 Report

Quoted By: >>77216

>hitch hiking
>you got a purty mouf
>hitch hiking

NOPE.JPG

I'd rather walk thank you very much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:36:33 No.77209 Report

Quoted By: >>77216

How easy is it to hitch on on-ramps? I would have thought people are speeding up on those bits of road to join the highway so won't even be slightly partial to coming to a complete stop to pick you up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:39:44 No.77215 Report

Quoted By: >>77486

The only time, as a driver, that I've ever picked up hitch-hikers has been when I was on a dirt road, way off the beaten path. My reasoning was that for whatever reason this person is hitch-hiking, if I don't stop, they may not see another car for many hours, or even all day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:40:51 No.77216 Report

Quoted By: >>77225 >>77237

>>77209
I mentioned this above. In some places you have to wait on the ramp because you aren't allowed on the highway. On any interstate in the US (with the exception of places like Montana where traffic is sparse and no one gives a fuck what you do anyway) and any busy stretch of the Trans Canada, the 400 series highways in Ontario, etc, the cops will stop you unless you're on the ramp.

>>77206
ha ha... yeah but when you have 1000 km or more to go, walking seems a bit daunting. I met a native dude who told me he had walked like half or 3/4 of the way across Canada and joked with me that I was cheating because I was hitch hiking. I thought he was bluffing until I looked down and saw his feet in his sandals. They were fucking wrecked. Definitely the feet of a man who had walked 1000's of km.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:43:21 No.77220 Report

Quoted By:

>>77203

>overyourhead

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:43:29 No.77221 Report

Quoted By: >>77223 >>77241 >>77338 >>77449

>>76939
>Does anyone have experience telling drivers (before you get in) that you'll take a picture of their license plate and send it to a friend?
If it's me, I'm driving away the second I hear something weird like this. I'm not a serial killer or anything, but you need to understand that picking up some car-less stranger is a risk for the driver as well as the hitch-hiker, and if you're going to treat the relationship as unequal from the start, then that marks *you* as the sketchy character, and I have no business taking my chances with you or putting up with your bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:46:32 No.77223 Report

Quoted By: >>77241 >>77245

>>77221
As someone who hitch hiked on and off for years, that was my first thought as well. Most of my traveling was done in the days before cellphone cameras anyway but reading that post, I just thought it sounded like a creepy idea.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:48:41 No.77225 Report

Quoted By:

>>77216
That sucks. I would have thought the ramps are one of the hardest places to get lifts from. Motorway laybys are probably the best I'd reckon but if its illegal then fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:53:32 No.77234 Report

Quoted By: >>77243

My only hitchhiking story involves me almost picking one up, something I've never done, and will probably never do.

>be driving down interstate 40 somewhere in Tennessee, out in the middle of nowhere
>about to cross a bridge over a smaller road, maybe half mile ahead
>when up ahead I see a redhead woman in tight black leather pants and tight black tank top, carrying a backpack, step over the guard rail and stick out her thumb.
>she had climbed up the hill from the road down below
>she was a few years older than me (mid to late 30's? and I was mid 20's), and would most likely been very appreciative of a ride, "Dear Penthouse.."
>as I'm about the pull over, the obviously empty 18 wheeler in front of me jams on the brakes and pulls onto the shoulder stopping right beside her
>oh well, another lonely night in the hotel with the baby oil

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 20:54:15 No.77237 Report

Quoted By: >>77243

>>77216
>400 series highways in Ontario

This wasn't a 400 series, but it was still in Ontario. I was in a chipper mood, waving to drivers and hamming it up a little. It was a long flat two-lane stretch so drivers could see me from quite a long way. I started doing a stupid little dance for a dark SUV coming up toward me, and as it got close I realized it was an OPP vehicle but the guy just smiled and waved. In retrospect it may have seemed like I was taunting him.
But yeah, 400-series is dangerous to hitch directly from anyway, better to stick to the on-ramps.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:00:19 No.77241 Report

Quoted By: >>77246 >>77305

>>77221
>>77223
License plate numbers aren't private information, anyone can look at them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:00:51 No.77243 Report

Quoted By: >>84061

>>77234
There are known spots where hookers hitch rides from. If a trucker stopped there, that's a sign that this was one of them. Not saying that's definitely what this was but it seems likely.

>>77237
The OPP are pretty chill compared to some other forces. By way of contrast, the last time I was in Quebec I got stopped twice by SQ in one day and threatened with fines, which blows my mind because Quebec used to be very tolerant of hitch hiking. Seems like there was a crackdown. This was three or four years ago, not sure what the situation is now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:01:22 No.77245 Report

Quoted By: >>77305

>>77223
I mean yeah, it does seem a bit creepy. But I've done this with many drivers, and if I quickly explain my reasoning, they're always friendly and understanding about it. There was a man who got an "oh-fuck" deer-in-the-headlights look when I asked him if I could send a picture, and mumbled that he had to stop at a friend's house so I'd be better off with someone else. Thirty seconds prior, mind you, he had been very enthusiastic and I hadn't picked up any creep vibes. I wonder what his deal was. He may have just been uncomfortable with the situation but it may have been more sinister too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:01:26 No.77246 Report

Quoted By: >>77257

>>77241
And anyone can refuse to give you a free ride, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:05:44 No.77252 Report

Quoted By: >>77273

>be hitchiking in FL
>staying in hobo camp
>next settlement over her women screaming
>grab a tire iron i had worked into a club
>me and my buddy pasta(road name) go see whats up
>guy beating his girlfriend
>ohhellno.jpeg
>pasta grabs the guy and i proceed to take the tire iron to his ribs
>take turns doing so over the next 20mins

street justice

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:09:32 No.77257 Report

Quoted By: >>81509

>>77246
Well yeah. I wouldn't want to ride with anyone who isn't willing to tell me public information like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:18:17 No.77272 Report

Quoted By: >>77315 >>81432

>>77192
>If you hitch hike that expanse and don't consider suicide at least once a day, you are a strong person...though a few summers later I went that direction again and not half an hour west of Ottawa I was offered a ride all the way to Alberta. That's like 3000 km, one ride.

I was going Toronto - Vancouver, I want to hitchhike the Maritimes eventually.

But yeah, I got lucky though Ontario. No legendary waits in Wawa either, because we got a ride from a trucker outside of Sault St. Marie, and then he set us up with a ride all the way to Winnipeg. It felt too easy, almost.

Speaking of long-haul rides:
I'm fine catching one long ride with a trucker, and in fact I rode Vancouver - Toronto with one trucker all the way. But I'm uncomfortable doing it with regular people because I think it becomes expected that I pitch in some gas money. One of the reasons I hitchhike is because I'm fucking broke, but it leads to awkward situations sometimes. A couple picked me up in the Okanagan and said they were heading to Vancouver. What luck! Once I got in, they introduced me to the kid in the backseat, who I thought was just a relative. Nope, he was a stranger they'd arranged to carpool with and split the gas money. I didn't say anything, and they didn't ask for money.
We stop for gas in Chilliwack, we're almost there. I get out of the car to give my legs a shake, and the husband approaches me kind of bashfully and basically asks me to contribute some money to the gas bill. At this point I was down to my last $40 bucks, not cool bro. But I paid up to relieve the carpooling kid from some of the amount. That was a low-ball though, they should've been transparent about it before I got into the car.

My blood pressure is up now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:18:27 No.77273 Report

Quoted By: >>77296

>>77252
How'd your friend get the name pasta?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:29:24 No.77290 Report

Quoted By: >>77318 >>80450

I'm very interested in /out/'s experiences with hitchhiking. The only experience I've ever had with it was when I was a minor and my mom kicked me out of the house. I walked for two days to my dad's house, but no-one picked me up. I was really worried about getting arrested, because I was actually scheduled to be in court a few days later for an unrelated incident, so that kept me from being too out about what I was doing. How many people have been arrested for it? Is it legal in Florida? Where? Are the laws enforced?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:31:01 No.77296 Report

Quoted By: >>77303 >>78526

>>77273
He carried spaghetti in his pockets.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:35:37 No.77303 Report

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>>77296

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Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:39:22 No.77305 Report

Quoted By: >>77315 >>77317 >>77325 >>78633

>>77241
I wonder why you think what you posted is a response to what I said. I'm saying that if you're going to scream RAPE at me while I'm doing you a favor, then I'm going to lock my doors and drive away. I don't want some weirdo in my car who thinks I'm a criminal.

Why does every female think that every male wants to rape her?

Man does another man a favor:
>hey can you do me a favor?
>yes
>favor gets done

Man does a woman a favor:
>woman: hey can you do me a favor?
>man: yes
>woman: hang on while I prematurely report you to the cops in case you end up RAPING me, y-you creep!!!

>>77245
>tell a complete stranger who is doing you a favor that you want to take his picture for unknown reasons
>he/she freaks out
>HE WAS ACTUALLY A RAPIST!!!!
Fuck you, cunt. If a male hitch-hiker asked a woman for a picture prior to getting in the car, or as a condition of getting in the car, you can bet that bitch would drive away.

Kill yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:47:36 No.77315 Report

Quoted By: >>77322 >>81432

>>77272
I have never been sure how much of the lore about Wawa is true and how much is bullshit. I've never stopped there but the people who say they have always seem like they're embellishing the story to make themselves sound like these hardened road dogs who have survived the worst. My friend from Michigan told me one story that I do believe though, because he knew nothing about Canada prior to his trip across Ontario. He was like "man I got stuck in this one place for 12 hours... what was it called? fuckin' Wawa or something? what the hell?" I believed him because he didn't know the stories prior to that.

As for the Atlantic provinces, NS is OK, NB is the worst and Nfld isn't much better.. You can cross Nfld in one ride, or it might take four entire days. Its pretty hit or miss.

>>77305
No one mentioned being female, or rape. Stop trying to derail the thread. We all know that's just what you're doing, and that this is an easy way to do it. Now stop it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:49:05 No.77317 Report

Quoted By: >>77321 >>77326 >>77362 >>77861 >>81373

>>77305
>I'm saying that if you're going to scream RAPE at me while I'm doing you a favor, then I'm going to lock my doors and drive away.
And I'm saying that you seem sketchy as fuck if you're uncomfortable giving someone public information that is plainly visible. Taking a quick photo of a license plate takes nothing away from the driver while insuring that no funny business will happen, I just don't see how someone who isn't planning to do something illegal would worry about it. Having a license plate doesn't give me access to your address or even your full name.

I have little experience with hitching but when I did it I would take a picture of the drivers license plate and let them have a look at my drivers license, that seems perfectly safe and reasonable to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:49:27 No.77318 Report

Quoted By: >>77327

>>77290

Bump for an answer. I know it's a slow board, but I'm afraid my question will get lost in the thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:52:45 No.77321 Report

Quoted By: >>77333 >>77363

>>77317
Would you step inside the car if the driver asked you for your name and a picture to send it to someone you don't know first?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:53:14 No.77322 Report

Quoted By: >>77340 >>81432

>>77315

I'm not from Canada. What are the Wawa stories?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:54:02 No.77325 Report

Quoted By: >>77331

>>77305
Are you fucking serious? I can't even.

There are plenty of under-the-radar creeps who are opportunists, and wouldn't think twice about taking advantage of a lone travelling woman. And it happens pretty often, though not to the degree of rape. My female friend is hitching in the Southwest states right now and she reports to me every week. Recently she had a 7-vehicle creep streak. Literally 7 drivers in a row made sexual advances. One of them whipped his dick out mid-drive, another suggested they stop at a nudist resort, another kept touching her thigh and when she lost it, he dropped her off at night in the middle of nowhere.

So yeah, there are very many people with pure intentions, but also many who think they are mostly doing THEMSELVES a favor by picking up that piece of ass. Or, that anyone hitchhiking owes them something in return for the ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:54:31 No.77326 Report

Quoted By: >>77333 >>77419

>>77317
I seriously hope you are not American. Where I come from, that kind of mistrust would not earn you good mojo from anybody, man or woman. If you don't want to accept a stranger's kindness at face value, you can keep walking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:54:47 No.77327 Report

Quoted By: >>77330 >>77335

>>77318
I don't know anything about Florida but getting arrested for hitch hiking is pretty rare anywhere. Most likely the cops will give you a warning, and at worst they will write you a ticket (which if you don't pay, then you might get a warrant for your arrest, depending on the state or province).

Something tells me though, if there's any place that you WILL get arrested, it might be Florida. I picture southern good ol' boy sheriffs, crime infested major cities and a mentality of keeping the state looking clean for tourists all probably make for a bad combination.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:57:23 No.77330 Report

Quoted By:

>>77327

In Florida, the more Southern you go, the more Northern it gets. I live in Central Florida in the greater Orlando area, and I really only plan on going South until I get more experience.

Thanks, though. When I was hitchhiking I was in a very Good-'Ol-Boy area, so I was pretty worried.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:58:12 No.77331 Report

Quoted By: >>77341

>>77325
Some women will interpret anything a man does as sexual advances, and use their position to manipulate people. I would not trust your friend's interpretation of events, which were likely viewed through the haze of feminazism.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa5kQbUl5_o

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:58:43 No.77333 Report

Quoted By: >>77350

>>77321
Yeah, I'd understand that it's a precaution that doesn't cost me anything and doesn't put me in any danger.

>>77326
There are a lot of creeps out there, I've met plenty of them.
>If you don't want to accept a stranger's kindness at face value, you can keep walking.
I don't understand this reasoning at all. I don't see how someone could get offended at asking for a little reassurance that they don't have bad intentions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 21:59:20 No.77335 Report

Quoted By:

>>77327

Orlando has a huge homeless population, too, and I never see homeless guys getting hassled, so that's good, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:00:23 No.77338 Report

Quoted By: >>77348 >>77353

>>77221
I totally agree. I do not want to give someone, somewhere, any reason to try to look me up with the idea that I might be a murderer. I'm not, but I imagine it would be aggravating and invasive.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:00:50 No.77340 Report

Quoted By: >>81432 >>81466

>>77322
They say if you get dropped off there, expect a three day wait on average. Again, my buddy from Michigan was there for 12 hours, which is a long wait but its not three days. One guy told me he was there for two weeks, hence why I think he was bullshitting but look it up on the map and see how remote it is. There is fuck all in either direction for hours. Everyone who hitch hikes in Canada talks about it.

The town's claim to fame is a giant goose statue. Wawa means "goose" in the language of whichever natives originally lived there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:01:10 No.77341 Report

Quoted By:

>>77331
>feminazism
Alright never mind, I see what you're up to now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:03:39 No.77348 Report

Quoted By:

>>77338
But nobody would look you up if you're not a murderer.
>aggravating and invasive
If you're a murderer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:04:33 No.77350 Report

Quoted By: >>77359 >>77375

>>77333
Bringing the idea of "bad intentions" into the conversation at all is where you are going wrong. Stopping to pick up a hitch-hiker is as clear a demonstration of good intentions as can be found. Take it or leave it. You are just a choosy beggar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:05:20 No.77353 Report

Quoted By: >>77360

>>77338
What's the problem with someone looking you up? You don't want the person to know a little bit about you? Doesn't that seem suspicious?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:06:48 No.77356 Report

Quoted By: >>77366

Isn't this more >>>/trv/?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:07:33 No.77359 Report

Quoted By: >>77364

>>77350
>Stopping to pick up a hitch-hiker is as clear a demonstration of good intentions as can be found.
Not if you're planning to do some awful shit to them, which does happen. The vast majority of people are nice with good intentions but there are still a lot of sick people, it's just not a risk I'm comfortable taking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:07:45 No.77360 Report

Quoted By: >>77367 >>77394

>>77353
If you'll use your reading skills, you'll find that not only has no one said that they "have a problem with being looked up." The problem is doing favors for people who are going to treat us like parolees from the start. Giving someone a ride is doing them a favor. Taking photos of license plates and sending them to your friends is being a suspicious cunt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:08:52 No.77362 Report

Quoted By:

>>77317
Perfectly reasonable? Maybe to you, but I'd just tell you to go away, and no, I don't have any outstanding warrants, officer.

Are Europeans this naive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:08:57 No.77363 Report

Quoted By:

>>77321
I probably would, there's no danger in it unless they write down my address and stalk me, which is pretty unlikely. You can still be very friendly with each other, while not being in denial that you're total strangers in somewhat vulnerable positions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:09:20 No.77364 Report

Quoted By:

>>77359
The vast majority of driver/hitch-hiker crimes involve danger to the driver FROM the hitch-hiker, not the other way around, retard. Stop acting like you're a special snowflake and not some sort of drug-addict.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:10:15 No.77366 Report

Quoted By: >>77377

>>77356
There are what, 60 or so boards now? There's plenty of overlap and redundancy among them. Everything that gets posted on /out/ could have been posted on either /trv/, /k/, /an/, /diy/ or some other board anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:10:27 No.77367 Report

Quoted By: >>77383

>>77360
>The problem is doing favors for people who are going to treat us like parolees from the start.
Do you also refuse to get a job because they'll look you up? Maybe that's why you're hitchhiking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:11:19 No.77375 Report

Quoted By:

>>77350
Please nobody fall for this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:11:35 No.77376 Report

Quoted By:

Well this thread has been thoroughly destroyed. Good job on feeding the trolls kids, it was fun while it lasted.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:12:01 No.77377 Report

Quoted By: >>77381 >>77391

>>77366
Read the sticky.

>Most outdoor-related topics are fine
>outdoor-related
>hitch-hiking
>not /trv/ or even /o/

Entitled euroshits need to gtfo of every board on 4chan. Moot hates you. We hate you. You hate yourselves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:13:13 No.77381 Report

Quoted By: >>77389

>>77377
>euroshits

This entire thread is stories about Canada and the US, so kindly fuck off. Jesus, you seem stupid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:13:28 No.77383 Report

Quoted By: >>77402

>>77367
When I'm looking for a job, I'm the beggar. If the employer asks me to submit to a background check, I'm not going to complain.

When I'm offering a ride, I'm the employer. If a potential hiree asks me to submit to a background check, I'm going to throw their application in the trask.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:15:17 No.77389 Report

Quoted By: >>77396

>>77381
>implying the mistrustful womyn isn't european

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:15:26 No.77391 Report

Quoted By: >>77419

>>77377
What the fuck does this have to do with Europe?
Why are Americans so stupid? Does it reflect from their grotesque appearance?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:15:53 No.77394 Report

Quoted By: >>77398 >>77411

>>77360
I refuse to give anyone my full name, to be honest. In this day and age, everyone is slinking around the internet (Facebook, Google, etc.) and trying to look up dirt on you. Nobody except my close relatives and the government know my full name, and I rightly shut down all the suspicious cunts who dare to ask for my last name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:16:36 No.77396 Report

Quoted By:

>>77389
Not one person said they were a woman. Someone just assumed that another poster was. Are you done being retarded now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:16:44 No.77398 Report

Quoted By: >>77406

>>77394
You're a nutter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:17:55 No.77402 Report

Quoted By:

>>77383
The first part of the analogy works but the second doesn't make sense. It is possible for a potential hiree to find out information about the company and employer they're applying to. Why would you apply for a job at a place you know nothing about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:19:16 No.77406 Report

Quoted By: >>77411

>>77398
Nah I was just trying to emulate that MRA troll...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:20:59 No.77411 Report

Quoted By:

>>77394
>>77406

I hope you're not a troll, because you're right. Not to the point of paranoia, but it is easy for people to fuck up your life if you have any record by looking on the Internet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:22:52 No.77419 Report

Quoted By: >>77440 >>77450 >>77647 >>80515

>>77391

Because >>77326

I'm American, and I've given rides to Europeans hitch-hiking around America before, and honestly, they have all been - without exception - thoroughly surprised and impressed at how nice and hospitable Americans are. As an American, I an only assume that Europe is full of millions of people that all hate and distrust each other.

At the very least, it does come off as strange and unwelcome for a hitch-hiker to photograph my license plate before getting in my car. I don't think I'd be comfortable riding with them, and as it's my car, and if I'm not comfortable, then I have the authority to change the situation to make my own road trip more enjoyable, I'd probably let them out at the first stop and tell them that from here on out I was going "in the direction that they weren't going."

This has nothing to do with being "creepy" or not wanting to give out "publically available information." It's simply a matter of, it's my car, and I don't want some fucker in it who thinks I might assault/molest them. Do you understand what that does to human relationships with people you have just met?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:30:13 No.77440 Report

Quoted By:

>>77419
I think it's relevant that there are countries in Europe smaller than states in the US. You can travel for days in the US and the dominant language doesn't change but in Europe it could change multiple times in a single day. I've been picked up in Quebec by people who didn't speak English and its just complicated trying to explain where you're going and where to be let out. In a large country where most people speak the one language, that isn't an issue but in a continent with so many languages being spoken, you never know whether that hitch hiker or driver is going to understand you. Its probably that more so than Americans being more trusting or generous or what have you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:35:31 No.77449 Report

Quoted By: >>77463

>>77221
>I'm not a serial killer or anything
4Chan: the place where you have to explicitly state you're not a mass murderer in the premise of your correspondence.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:35:45 No.77450 Report

Quoted By:

>>77419
>some fucker in it who thinks I might assault/molest them
As a hitchhiker I'm sympathetic to this view, but the awkwardness, IMO, only lasts for the initial moment when I'm deciding whether to accept the ride or not (and the driver is sizing me up to see if I'm not a creep too). If s/he looks sketched out by the license plate idea, then we can both move on because it would've been a bad fit regardless of the driver's intentions. But if the driver agrees to me taking a picture, then I'm pretty assured that they're not going to hurt me, and the driver in turn should now be aware of my newly acquired trust in them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:48:32 No.77463 Report

Quoted By:

>>77449

tbh that's anywhere on the internet

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:49:13 No.77464 Report

Quoted By: >>77470 >>77471

This thread has made me happy I don't pick up hitchhikers at all, ever. I didn't know you wanted more than a ride, and if you have a camera/phone what the fuck are you doing? Slumming for fun?

No way am I picking anyone up now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:50:18 No.77466 Report

Quoted By: >>77597 >>77765

in my country there are unwritten rules for hitchhiking,
a.don't talkto your phone. the driver is not your cabbi.
b.trafic jams and intersections, are good places to wait.
c.never.ever.tag with arabs.

as for stories,
my and me friend run and jumpd on a gas truck with one of those ladders, and sat there, all we know was we were going south which was where we needed.jumped off near a high way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:56:28 No.77470 Report

Quoted By:

>>77464
>I didn't know you wanted more than a ride
More than a ride? What are you referring to?

>have a camera/phone
Not necessarily expensive. I have a really basic phone/camera and I only do pay-as-you-go.

>slumming for fun
Even if someone were doing this, what's the problem? It's not like they're impersonating hobos to get their kicks (that's more relevant to the trainhopping threads).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 22:57:40 No.77471 Report

Quoted By: >>77486

>>77464
>if you have a camera/phone what the fuck are you doing? Slumming for fun?

Exactly. And in my experience, both parties benefit from hitchhiking. If the driver saw no benefit (even only the good feeling of helping someone out), he wouldn't stop.
I don't see anything wrong with that. I own $12000 in fund shares, but I still enjoy hitchhiking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:07:10 No.77478 Report

Quoted By: >>77542

>>77033

I love that movie (There is some thing about Mary)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:13:33 No.77486 Report

Quoted By: >>77496 >>77504

>>77471
>And in my experience, both parties benefit from hitchhiking.
No offense, but no. People do favors for reasons other than "feeling good about themselves." Not all of us are smug assholes who actually think that our charity makes a difference. Like I mentioned earlier in >>77215, there is such a thing as responding to a call for help, and I don't think there's necessarily any benefit for the driver in that. It may be a form of altruism, but the basest level of it, in my opinion, and no different from holding out a hand to someone who's slipped on a patch of ice.

True, some people might pick up a hitch-hiker so as to feel less lonely on a road trip. Not all of us do, though, and assuming that a driver who picks you up has any reason to give your ass a ride seems, to me, like a pretty god damned entitled attitude.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:20:38 No.77496 Report

Quoted By:

>>77486
I don't demand anything from them. They can keep on driving if they want to, and most people who picked me up used the chance to offload stuff and have a listener for a while.
I agree that it's not an equal deal, but I won't feel guilty about doing it. Sure, I could dish out the money for a train ticket, but lots of times I wouldn't have made a trip if it cost me a lot of money to do so.
I also believe there's a value in talking to people that you wouldn't otherwise get in contact with, and exchange views, for all parties involved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:25:56 No.77504 Report

Quoted By: >>77511 >>77525

>>77486
So you'd only pick up a hitchhiker in the same way you'd hold out a hand for someone who slips?

That doesn't really work, I mean, holding out your hand is an act with basically no commitment or investment. It's not really a favor. When you're picking up a hitchhiker, you're agreeing to strike up a connection with that person, get to know them a bit, so you're doing them a favor. What's in it for you, then?

I was picked up by a cool old lady who never offered me any food (and she did bring me to the grocery store with her) or anything else. I don't mind at all, because I only expect a ride. As she dropped me off, she wryly said "okay, I've done my good deed of the day. Anyway, she may have just picked me up because I reminded her of her own child/grandchild, but personally I think that's a weak reason to pick a stranger up... So I assume she wanted company for a long ride. I don't flatter myself, I just assume that nobody picks up strangers unless there's even a minimal perceived benefit in it for them. Be it: an interesting new experience, a story for later, the feeling of helping someone out, or livening up a boring ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:30:48 No.77509 Report

Quoted By: >>77517 >>77525

I think both side are profiting. One directly and the other maybe at some unkown point in the future, at least in theory. I'll pick you up if I can afford it, and you don't like an axe muderer, but you might return the favor when I'm the one hitchhiking. Sorta like hospitality worked once, or rather why it developed in the first place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:31:54 No.77511 Report

Quoted By: >>77533

>>77504
Unless you're really in bumfuck, nowhere and it's snowing. But that's bad planning and bad practice IMO, cause you put yourself in a situation where your life might rely on the kindness of others, although you didn't have to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:34:46 No.77517 Report

Quoted By:

>>77509
Saying you help people altruistically in case you yourself might need help in the future.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:40:52 No.77523 Report

Quoted By: >>77525

Call me a pathetic idealist, but one of the reasons I hitchhike is so it won't die out. I believe it's part of our culture (in Asian and African countries, for example, it's all but unheard-off and many people will not even understand the concept).

And I agree that the driver can sometimes profit from it, as well, while it doesn't hurt anybody since you're not forcing anyone to help you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:44:01 No.77525 Report

Quoted By: >>77534

>>77504
>That doesn't really work, I mean, holding out your hand is an act with basically no commitment or investment. It's not really a favor. When you're picking up a hitchhiker, you're agreeing to strike up a connection with that person, get to know them a bit, so you're doing them a favor. What's in it for you, then?

I think you understand, but you're being intentionally thick-headed. There is nothing in it for me. If anything, maybe it's one of these reasons: >>77509 >>77523. You don't have to "get something out of it" to save someone's skin when they need saving.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:47:52 No.77533 Report

Quoted By: >>77539

>>77511
I don't think most hitchhikers operate this way, at least not the ones who are "slumming it for fun." I've heard of cases where people are thrown out of vehicles in the middle of nowhere in winter, and have no choice but to thumb it. But if I were this person, or even a hitchhiker who realized I'd endangered myself through poor planning, I'd understand that whoever picks me up probably just wants to make sure I don't die on the side of the road, and they're probably not super thrilled with taking me in.

But when I'm in a good spot, just doing regular hitchhiking, I doubt anyone is going to pick me up because they think they're doing me a magnanimous favour, or that they feel terrible for my circumstances. Clearly there's something minimal in it for them, otherwise they're free to speed on by (which most people choose to do). Something sets those people apart from those who don't want to pick me up. Whereas if people saw a stranded hitchhiker in dangerous or life-threatening conditions, most would be inclined to stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:48:08 No.77534 Report

Quoted By: >>77539

>>77525
So you get no self-gratification out of knowing that by your hand someone didn't have to get hypothermia, freeze, get rained on, or potentially die?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:51:37 No.77539 Report

Quoted By: >>77552

>>77534
Well I'm happy that someone didn't have to meet that fate, but I don't really care whether it's me who helps them or not.

>>77533
Not all. I was talking about my own willingness to pick up hitch-hikers. I don't bother with the ones doing it for fun, or out of poverty. However, I will almost definitely help someone walking down a dirt road who sticks out their thumb.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Apr 2013 23:52:42 No.77542 Report

Quoted By:

>>77478

Finally!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 00:00:34 No.77552 Report

Quoted By:

>>77539
>I don't bother with the ones doing it for fun, or out of poverty. However, I will almost definitely help someone walking down a dirt road who sticks out their thumb.
That's perfectly understandable to me.

I'm not even sure what we were arguing about... One anon called another anon self-entitled for thinking that drivers always have something to gain from picking up hitchhikers... I think we can all agree that in dangerous conditions, hitchhikers shouldn't expect the drivers to be seeking benefit to themselves, while hitchhikers in normal circumstances can reasonably expect it from the people who stop for them. Da end

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 00:46:39 No.77597 Report

Quoted By:

>>77466
>b.trafic jams and intersections, are good places to wait.
What country? Generally in the US and Canada you can't hitch rides in cities. The police don't tolerate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 01:44:17 No.77647 Report

Quoted By: >>77678 >>81537

>>77419
I thought America was very mean and hatefull. It is in connecticut where I live :/
People hate their neighbors and advoid people as much as possible. If you say hi to someone you get dirty looks in return. Also niggers. Niggers are the scum of everything here. I'm moving to a white town then eventually out west. You can't even Hitch hike here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 02:05:38 No.77678 Report

Quoted By: >>77938

>>77647
>America was very mean and hatefull
>Niggers are the scum of everything here

Doing your part to spread the love I see.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:03:44 No.77738 Report

Quoted By: >>77741 >>77747 >>77759

> 19
> winter break
> hitchhike
> get trucker to take me to salt lake city
> truck stop
> some nfl playoff game is on
> talking to some guy there
> around 55, has belly, walks but appears slightly crippled
> leaves after game
> I end up sleeping in the lounge
> kicked out following morning by managet
> salt lake city, winter, snow, cold
> walking around
> guy from earlier driving and sees me
> "hey its kind of cold wanna get in?"
- open door
> "I just have to run home and grab my phone"
- ok.jpg
>
get to his house
> shows pics of his family, older daughters, son, exwife
> some type of native american heritage
> seems like a goood guy
> "want some vodka or coffee?"
> around 7:00 am, sun barely up
- ill take some coffee
> turns on tv
> only has antenna
> messing with antenna
> cloudy, had snowed, bad reception
> says he goes to truck stop to watch tv
> grabs 'random' dvd
> porn
> "woops, sorry i dont know what my roomate was watching"
> "hope you dont mind"
- no problem
> think where leaving in a min or two
> serves coffee
> take small sip (pic related)
> sits on couch
> "do you masterbate?"
> "do you masterbate when you watch porn?"
> "I dont mind if you want to, I just want you to be comfortable"
> "have you masterbated with a group of friends"
> "do you have a gf?
> "have you ever had sex?
> "its so hot how that girl has all those cocks in her mouth"
"its getting hot in here -- step out"
> "oh im sorry about that, my roomate watches these things"
> "we can leave now if you want
> yes, please
> on way back to truck stop
> "these are nice pants, what material is this?"
> feeling pants on mid thigh
> wearing nylon outer shell pants
> hand tight on leatherman, thumb ready to flip out blade
> feeling odd
> not sure if adrenaline or arsenic/chloroform/roofies/etc in coffee
> not sure if I should jump out or stab him now before I pass out from arsenic/chloroform/roofies/etc
> think "Megan is Missing" is going to turn into " 'OP' is Missing"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:04:39 No.77741 Report

Quoted By: >>77746 >>77759

>>77738

> get back to truck stop, never pass out, get raped, or killed

and that my friends is how you do NOT hitch hike/spend a day in a random city.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:09:39 No.77746 Report

Quoted By:

>>77741

I'm that guy. I was just lonely, but you seemed like a stuck up douche bag.
And it was a roofie, ya prick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:10:29 No.77747 Report

Quoted By: >>77756 >>77773

>>77738
Too green, didn't read.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:15:36 No.77756 Report

Quoted By:

>>77747

skip to
" get to his house"

before is just setting up the scene

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:18:11 No.77759 Report

Quoted By:

>>77741
>>77738

Man, everyone I know who's traveled in Utah, be it hitch hiking, train hopping or Greyhound, has a fucked up story to tell. I have only spent 2 hours in the airport in SLC so I didn't see much myself, but even then there was something on the local CNN which is what they were showing in the airport, about a local cult leader getting arrested and charged with child molestation and a dozen other charges. I thought "so this is Utah".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:21:53 No.77765 Report

Quoted By: >>77776

>>77466

>c.never.ever.tag with arabs.

Why not?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:26:23 No.77773 Report

Quoted By: >>77779 >>77850

>>77747
Read it. It might save your life one day.
Besides, what are you, too retarded to spend 60 seconds reading a post?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:29:09 No.77776 Report

Quoted By: >>77855

>>77765
He's must be French or German. Or Swiss, but no one ever gives a fuck about them so he must be French or German. Arabs have a bad reputation there, they're worse than gypsies sometimes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:32:14 No.77779 Report

Quoted By:

>>77773
Reading longer greentext posts like that is a pain. Write it out normally, for fucks sake. Greentext only really works for like 8~10 line posts, and even more so if there's a punchline. If you want to be taken seriously, type a normal fucking post.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:56:24 No.77818 Report

Quoted By:

>>76861
>Coming home from town about 3am
>Pick up a group of people walking down the main road
>Ask them where they are going
>They say down the east end of town
>I turn down the music, turn around and look at them
>I stare them in the eye and say "No you're not, you're going where we're going"
>Driver stays silent and keeps driving
>Passengers are dead silent
>I then tell them I'm fucking with them and we drop them off right at there door
>They thank us and we laugh our asses off

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 03:59:02 No.77822 Report

Quoted By: >>77835 >>77847 >>84471

>Coming home from town about 3am
>Pick up a group of people walking down the main road
>Ask them where they are going
>They say down the east end of town
>I turn down the music, turn around and look at them
>I stare them in the eye and say "No you're not, you're going where we're going"
>Driver stays silent and keeps driving
>Passengers are dead silent
>I then tell them I'm fucking with them and we drop them off right at there door
>They thank us and we laugh our asses off

What really helped in making them nervous was they weren't actually hitch hiking, we pulled over and asked if they wanted a ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:08:40 No.77835 Report

Quoted By:

>>77822
I'm conflicted by this. Hilarious but I would've soiled myself if it happened to me.

Anyway who the fuck accepts an unsolicited ride in the middle of the night? They probably felt safe in a pack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:18:56 No.77847 Report

Quoted By: >>77857 >>78006

>>77822

Good thing none of them had a gun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:24:05 No.77850 Report

Quoted By:

>>77773
>it might save your life one day.

Wat? That story about you blueballing some poor trucker?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:25:33 No.77855 Report

Quoted By:

>>77776
>worse than Gypsies.
No, nothing is worse than Gypsies, except maybe ticks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:26:56 No.77857 Report

Quoted By: >>77860 >>77862

>>77847
Would you shoot people for saying scary things to you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:28:55 No.77860 Report

Quoted By: >>77863

>>77857
Yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:29:17 No.77861 Report

Quoted By:

>>77317
So you're saying you'll post your full name and facebook profile on /b/ because all of that is public info right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:31:21 No.77862 Report

Quoted By: >>77877

>>77857
Just saying. Could have gotten ugly.

>douchebags say scary things. (you're the douchebag)
>scared people pull gun
>douchebags be bigger douchebags and refuse to back down, as douchebags tend to do
>scared people don't know what to do, so they continue to point the gun at the douchebags who they think are going to kill them
>douchebags try to grab gun
>gun goes off

There you go.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:31:24 No.77863 Report

Quoted By: >>77865

>>77860
Glad I'm probably more than 5000 miles away from you, then.
My weird sense of humor has gotten me into trouble lots of times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:34:07 No.77865 Report

Quoted By:

>>77863
You should probably keep it to yourself, or your close friends who know about your weird humour, then.

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Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 04:41:41 No.77877 Report

Quoted By:

>>77862
>try to grab gun

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:15:13 No.77938 Report

Quoted By: >>77947

>>77678
I'm not trying to be hatefull but they are scum. They spit at you or throw shit at you as you bike by. I've had them stalk me, even come at me with knives while I walk home.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:20:07 No.77947 Report

Quoted By: >>77984

>>77938
As long as you don't think that all black people are niggers, it's fine. Just like not all white people are white trash and not all Mexicans are spics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:33:22 No.77984 Report

Quoted By:

>>77947
It's just the majority sadly, glad I no longer live near any at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:45:10 No.78006 Report

Quoted By: >>78030

>>77847
>Gun
>New Zealand

Lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:50:08 No.78013 Report

Quoted By: >>78018

>>76861
Hitchhiking over train hopping any day of the week.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:53:29 No.78018 Report

Quoted By: >>78024

>>78013
The biggest pro in favour of trainhopping is that when you're waiting for a train you can sleep, read a book, masturbate, etc. Waiting for rides hitch hiking, you pretty much just have to stand there.

Hitch hiking is faster over short distances, trains are faster over very long ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:57:06 No.78024 Report

Quoted By: >>78035

>>78018
And trainhopping is hard/dangerous to crack into if you don't have an experienced guide. So in that sense hitchhiking is more accessible.

But some train kids like to be elite, and would consider this an advantage of trainhopping.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:02:14 No.78030 Report

Quoted By: >>78173

>>78006
>being able to tell where an anonymous poster is from
>lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:06:24 No.78035 Report

Quoted By: >>78040 >>78045 >>79274

>>78024
I don't hand out information about trainhopping on the internet but it's not out of elitism. Its based on the principle that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". It's too easy to get yourself killed or lose a limb if you don't know what you're doing and I don't want to encourage anyone to hurt themselves. I'll take someone with me if they seem like they aren't going to do something stupid but I'm not going to give them tutorials in written form.

Having said that, I actually believe riding trains is safer than hitch hiking, if you actually do know what you're doing. You can avoid risks riding trains once you know what those risks are. You generally don't have to get on or off moving trains if you choose not to and all this talk about gangs of crazed hobos raping and killing people are so exaggerated its not even funny. Hitch hiking however, your life is always in someone else's hands. You could so easily get run over on the side of the highway, plus getting into a stranger's car is always a little iffy. Maybe you can't tell at first that they've been drinking, that's happened to me a number of times. Then there are the perverts of course. Riding trains, I often go long periods of time without having to interact with other people at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:19:04 No.78040 Report

Quoted By: >>78046 >>78047

>>78035
>I don't hand out information about trainhopping on the internet but it's not out of elitism. Its based on the principle that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". It's too easy to get yourself killed or lose a limb if you don't know what you're doing and I don't want to encourage anyone to hurt themselves. I'll take someone with me if they seem like they aren't going to do something stupid but I'm not going to give them tutorials in written form.

I agree with your reasoning. Just saying that hitchhiking is safer to get a hang of without guidance, therefore more accessible. I'd like to trainhop some day, but I'm sure as hell not going to read a few threads and articles on the internet and hit the rails, and unfortunately I don't know any people with trainhopping experience. People in other threads have suggested approaching crusty travelling kids with backpacks and dogs, and asking them to tag along. But I think I'd be sketched out if a stranger did this, so I'm skeptical of the idea.

Anyway I don't want to "derail" this thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:27:06 No.78045 Report

Quoted By: >>78049

>>78035
Don't you have to worry about the rail police finding you on their train and fucking you up?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:27:17 No.78046 Report

Quoted By:

>>78040
>People in other threads have suggested approaching crusty travelling kids with backpacks and dogs, and asking them to tag along.

That was just one guy, and he admitted he was drunk as fuck. I was the person he gave that advice to, but I definitely won't be taking it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:28:59 No.78047 Report

Quoted By:

>>78040
Yeah the thing about hitch hiking is that between your first ride ever and your 1000th ride, there is only so much you can learn to make the trip safer. The risks involved don't diminish all that much with experience.

As for approaching some punk kids on the street and asking about trains, yeah that'd possibly seem a little weird, depending on who you stumbled upon. If you talked to them on a regular basis and became sort of friends with them over time, that'd be different.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:32:21 No.78049 Report

Quoted By: >>78052

>>78045
There aren't very many places where the police are searching trains for riders on a regular basis. That simply isn't their main concern most of the time. I've been spotted by workers before but never had any real trouble with the police.

Anyway, someone just said they didn't want to derail the thread and neither do I right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:38:37 No.78052 Report

Quoted By: >>78054

>>78049
>derail
>train-hopping
lel

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 06:41:07 No.78054 Report

Quoted By:

>>78052
> thats_the_joke.png

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Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 07:59:04 No.78082 Report

Quoted By: >>78256 >>78265

Okay. I saw Craigslist Joe and I got an idea.

I'm thinking of making a website/app/organization where hitchhikers can meet up with car owners.
It would include instructions on safe hitchhiking, hitchhiker profiles, stories, etc.
It would be a great way to decrease pollution, save money, and meet people. I'm thinking of getting car owners in by making each hour driving as community service. Drivers can get specials, discounts, and money for taking multiple employees to their workplace. Businesses can donate for charity.

Well, I think it's a great idea. What about you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 10:49:42 No.78173 Report

Quoted By:

>>78030
>being such a cabbage you don't realise I was the one who posted the story

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:28:40 No.78211 Report

Quoted By: >>78216

Last summer I hitchhiked All around the UK, starting in Derbyshire, heading to Cornwall, then going as far north as the Orkneys. Fucking loved it, only bad situation was when my phone fell out of my pocket in someone's car. I didn't notice until I got out, I then started a search to get it back. Turned out he lied about where he lived, and I couldn't find his mum's house again (stopped there for food and a smoke). I was a bit pissed off. When I managed to contact my mum and girlfriend next (used library internet) found out they were worried to shit, and mum had nearly started a national search.

Still had the best time ever though, and met the most interesting people!

Using the stories I gained as a basis for my artworks now (studying art at uni).

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:32:22 No.78213 Report

Quoted By: >>78337 >>78428

>>76887
>mike's hard lemonade
What men can actually gt drunk off the stuff?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:33:51 No.78214 Report

Quoted By:

>>76907
facebook?

"Hey facebook friends go in this car if i die well you know"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:34:22 No.78215 Report

Quoted By: >>78219

I tried hitchhiking through Central America. Was fun until the rape. Never again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:34:39 No.78216 Report

Quoted By: >>78221 >>78435

>>78211
I hitchhiked from a festival to the nearest store with a guy who was REALLY in a hurry, cause he was already late for something.
Dropped me off and got on the ramp to the Autobahn, where you can't turn around for the next 20 miles or so.
As soon as he took off, I realized I left my backpack in the car (I know, I know).
So I went shopping, hitched back to the festival and the next day asked if someone left a backpack at the lost and found. It was there!

The guy who gave me a ride for 5 min had taken a 40 mile detour to return the pack I left in his car. If he had left a note with his address in there, I'd have sent him a huge present.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:35:16 No.78217 Report

Quoted By: >>78222

>>77054
well...can you give evidence to dispute it>

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:35:54 No.78219 Report

Quoted By:

>>78215
What a coincidence. I like to drive around Central America and rape hitchhikers in my free time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:37:11 No.78221 Report

Quoted By:

>>78216
Just goes to show how nice people can be!

That's one of the main reasons I love hitching, it reminds me that there are people who will help out a complete stranger.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:37:39 No.78222 Report

Quoted By: >>78228

>>78217
That is not how an argument works.
Can you prove to me that the whole universe isn't just a dream dreamt by a pink fluffy banana? No? Guess it must be true, then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:45:48 No.78227 Report

Quoted By:

This is a hitchhiking thread....on 4chan...one of you fuckers is BOUND to be a serial killer....who the fuck is it??

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 11:46:43 No.78228 Report

Quoted By: >>78250

>>78222
i'm not using it as an arguing point so i don't have to disprove it, if you want to use something as "evidence" you must be able to prove without a shadow of a doubt

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 12:17:46 No.78250 Report

Quoted By: >>78252

>>78228
The burden of evidence lies on the accuser. You show me evidence that hitching is more dangerous than travelling via any other method.
I'll say again, in nearly 200 rides, I've never met a creep.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 12:25:47 No.78252 Report

Quoted By:

>>78250
when did i accuse anyone of anything i simply stated that the whole ufo this was possible (that is where my part in this convo started)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 12:32:28 No.78256 Report

Quoted By: >>78530

>>78082
This exists in some places: http://www.slug-lines.com/slugging/About_Slugging.asp

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 12:44:57 No.78265 Report

Quoted By:

>>78082
In Germany, this is one of the main means of long distance transportation for many college students.

Only it's not a charity, you split the gas money and it usually costs 1/4 of the price for a train ticket.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 15:09:04 No.78337 Report

Quoted By:

>>78213
well you know, the floor was layered with these bottles and they did say they were on their 3rd case. i'd rather have a stone cold sober drive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 15:45:59 No.78346 Report

Quoted By: >>78351 >>78356 >>78362 >>78408

This may seem a stupid question

But on a long hitch, how do you get signs for lifts? You obviously can't spend hours and hours holding your thumb out. So do you just carry a set of cardboard slabs around with you to write [CITYNAME] on them each time you try and get a lift?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 15:52:48 No.78351 Report

Quoted By:

>>78346
You bring a sharpie and find cardbord.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 15:56:30 No.78356 Report

Quoted By:

>>78346
Restaurant dumpsters almost always have cardboard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:01:12 No.78361 Report

Quoted By: >>78370 >>78376

Do you think people would pick up someone with a sign that just said "EAST" rather than a specific location?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:01:35 No.78362 Report

Quoted By: >>78394

>>78346
>where do i find cardboard
dont ever go hitchhiking

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:16:26 No.78370 Report

Quoted By:

>>78361
If you're on an eastbound road, you might as well draw a smiley face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:25:57 No.78376 Report

Quoted By: >>78419

>>78361
I often do this; it's bad to be too vague with a sign (as in OP's pic) but I think compass directions are fine.
What to write on signs is a debate that will never end; everyone has his own opinion. I usually write the name of one or two specific roads that are going the direction I want. If I'm in a bad spot I'd wright North, West or whatever. For example if I were on the north side of a big city and the highway I wanted began on the south side, I'd write 'south' rather than the highway name.
I only write specific placenames if that's where I think most traffic is going.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:41:32 No.78394 Report

Quoted By:

>>78362
You can ALWAYS find cardboard. If you can't find it by the side of the road, look in dumpsters. If you can't find it in dumpsters, ask at a gas station; they're happy to supply you with old boxes.
Fuck whiteboards; take up space, hard to read, hard to find more markers when you need them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 16:47:41 No.78408 Report

Quoted By:

>>78346
Dumpsters. Or grocery stores that have those piles of free cardboard boxes.

Many times I just find it on the side of the road. Probably because people frequently use certain hitching spots, then discard their signs when someone stops for them. I just flip it over and use the blank side... I wouldn't recommend trashing the side of the road though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:01:19 No.78419 Report

Quoted By: >>78432 >>78570

>>78376
Some people swear by thumbing, others think a sign is crucial. I've always used specific signs and I think it's more effective.

This reminds me of something. One time I wrote a sign and walked to the road where I was going to hitch from. I saw a Mexican guy already there, sticking his thumb out. He was clearly a farm labourer. I asked him how long he'd been there, and he said about 2 hours. "That's rough." I took a spot further down, to give him a better chance and ride priority. Not 20 minutes later, a car stops midway between us and I'm glad the Mexican guy is finally going to catch a ride... But the driver beckons over to me. I point to the Mexican and tell the driver he'd been there first and for quite a long time, but the driver just sort of glances at him and says "...Um...he didn't have a sign." Now I feel bad because the Mexican is looking at us like this shit happens to him all the time. I ask the driver if he'd mind also picking up the other guy but the driver just repeats "He doesn't have a sign" like he couldn't ask the guy now that he's stopped and left his car. Anyway this is more about racism I think.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:09:57 No.78428 Report

Quoted By:

>>78213
Its actually 7% alcohol which is more than most American beer. Don't be a retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:14:11 No.78432 Report

Quoted By: >>78446

>>78419
Did you end up getting in?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:16:16 No.78435 Report

Quoted By:

>>78216
My friend was on his way to visit me and phoned to say his backpack had been stolen. He was on the road maybe 2 hours away from me. I called everyone I knew but no one was available to pick him up. He slept out with no sleeping bag or anything that night and hitched the rest of the way to town and stayed with me for a few days.

Then some old guy called to say he'd found a backpack in the bushes. There was an address book in it and my phone number was the only local one so he called me. I told him where to bring the pack and he dropped it off, saying he'd thought it had fallen off a truck or something. My buddy thought it was stolen but in reality he'd stashed it in the bushes to go into a gas station but hadn't hidden it properly. He swore he was gone less than five minutes and this nice geezer had found it.

Everything was intact, but the old guy had stuffed some Jesus pamphlets into the top as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:33:02 No.78446 Report

Quoted By:

>>78432
Yeah, I did. I had to reach my destination city that day, the sooner the better. And the driver made it clear by his demeanour that he wasn't going to invite the Mexican guy, whether I accepted the ride or not. I felt bad though, gave him my food and water...
The driver turned out to be a douchebag anyway and demanded gas money several hours into the ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:38:35 No.78455 Report

Quoted By: >>78457 >>78464

I want to travel trough Argetina hitchhking. Any recomendations?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:42:04 No.78457 Report

Quoted By: >>79176

>>78455

Do it dragging Thatcher's corpse behind you & you'll get a great reception

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Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 17:49:49 No.78464 Report

Quoted By:

>>78455
I don't know if this'll help you, but it's kind of interesting. A deaf and mute couple hitchhiked from Mexico to Argentina, here's an interview they did. I think there's some decent general info about hitchhiking in South America too:

http://www.tour-du-monde-autostop.fr/carnet_de_bord-details_en.php?id=60

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Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 19:14:34 No.78526 Report

Quoted By:

>>77296
found your buddy

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 19:22:49 No.78530 Report

Quoted By:

>>78256
Goddamn I love Virginia. It has just the right mix of southern hospitality and northern comfort, although admittedly more south than north.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 20:19:21 No.78570 Report

Quoted By:

>>78419
>Some people swear by thumbing, others think a sign is crucial.

The thing about signs is probably not the information on them so much as the fact that first of all, they indicate that you have a plan and aren't some aimless drifter and second, they catch the driver's attention and cause them to mull it over for a second before deciding whether to stop or not.

Having a sign can backfire too. If you list your final destination on the sign, someone who's only going part of the way might see that and think you don't want their ride because you're holding out for one that's going further. Unless you are in a particularly good spot where you're expecting a decent ride to stop eventually, its better to take a number of short rides than to stand in one spot all day waiting for one that's going all the way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 20:54:07 No.78633 Report

Quoted By: >>78683

>>77305
>FUCK WOMEN
What? I do this and I'm a guy. I don't want to get killed/raped either. I always ask politely before I do it and I don't get mad if they decide not to give me a ride, I honestly don't see the problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 21:18:16 No.78683 Report

Quoted By:

>>78633
That guy was a troll, but it raises a good point that men are often targeted by creeps too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Apr 2013 21:21:19 No.78691 Report

Quoted By:

Though being a man generally gives you the advantage of being able to fight back.
Once in Ecuador I got a ride with a faggot who grope my leg. Too bad for him he was a sissy faggot and I was fresh out of the army and have always practiced Muay Thai.
So he may not have liked so rough

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:37:50 No.79053 Report

Quoted By: >>79065 >>79071

There's gotta be more stories than this, come on guys speak up!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:49:14 No.79065 Report

Quoted By: >>79081

>>79053
Here's a very exciting tale:

>hitchhiking
>got picked up by a man in his mid-fifties
>he was wearing cargo shorts, or maybe board shorts
>once I sit down (shotgun) I glance over at him and see his dick peeping out of one of his pant legs
>ride out the next 30 minutes trying to avoid looking at him
>he doesn't make a pass or anything

Is it possible that he was just oblivious to it, or was he a creep who gets off on subtly exposing himself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:52:16 No.79071 Report

Quoted By: >>79080 >>79090

>>79053
I got hundreds, I just don't know how interesting they are to strangers on the internet.

> late 1990's, hitch hiking across Canadian prairies.
> picked up by elderly farmer looking guy near sunset
> seems nice, asks me if I'm married or have kids (wtf, I'm too young for that but whatever)
> drops me off outside of small town in Alberta or Sask, can't recall exactly
> getting out of truck he asks me "do you like to jack off?"
> nope.jpg, gtfo.exe
> safe and sound, sun isn't down yet, keep thumbing
> guy a few years older than me pulls over, offers me a ride all the way to Ontario (sweet!)
> start trading stories; he used to hitch hike around too; got hit by a car riding his bike in the city and won a settlement; bought this truck and is now traveling on the rest of the money
> tell him about the old guy
> looks at me in horror; "in that same town I picked you up in?"
> tells me the same guy picked him up once; same description and pulled the same shit on him, even used the same line RE: jacking off
> except in his story the old guy tried to run him over when he refused
> experience retroactive sense of mortal terror

Stay on your toes out there, guys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:56:16 No.79080 Report

Quoted By:

>>79071
>tried to run him over when he refused
dafuq

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:56:46 No.79081 Report

Quoted By: >>79099 >>86912

>>79065
>a creep who gets off on subtly exposing himself?

They do exist.

I got into a pickup truck with a guy once and THEN noticed the porno mags in the cab. He proceeded to steer the conversation in an extremely uncomfortable direction so I made some excuse and got him to stop. He unloaded a bunch of change on me as I was getting out which was nice because I was near broke. No raping occurred, that's the most important thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 01:59:43 No.79090 Report

Quoted By: >>79120

>>79071
Also, how do you feel about long haul rides and paying for gas? I feel like very long rides (2 or more provinces) becomes almost like a rideshare and the drivers might expect you to chip in. It's happened to me before. I don't know if it's weird or awkward to start off saying "Thanks for stopping, by the way I can't pay for gas if that's what you're hoping"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:05:16 No.79099 Report

Quoted By:

>>79081
>I got into a pickup truck with a guy once and THEN noticed the porno mags in the cab.
Yeeeep, I've encountered this too. My friend was sitting shotgun next to the trucker, and I took a seat on the bottom bunk. There were some barely legal porno mags, and a few phone sex pamphlets. But the man never made us uncomfortable and didn't try to start inappropriate conversations. He probably just didn't have time to hide them, but I don't know. No harm was done and in fact he played the protective role a bit, warning us about other truckers etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:14:40 No.79120 Report

Quoted By: >>79164 >>79167

>>79090
I think its sort of assumed that if you're hitch hiking you can't afford to chip in. Especially nowadays because if I have cash and can afford to pay for some gas I'll go to Craigslist rideshare first to avoid the hassle of standing on the side of the highway forever. Out of the three or four times I looked for a rideshare, I've found two so I think it's worth looking first. This didn't exist when I did most of my hitch hiking though.

I got talked into paying for gas a few times anyway. There were other times when I know the driver legitimately did not have enough money to cover the trip and I would have helped but I didn't have any money either. A few days ago in this thread I mentioned getting a 3000 km ride from Ontario to Alberta... well that guy spent most of his money on drinks and a motel room the first night and he was saying "I don't think we're going to make it, man". I was near broke too so he let me pay for his constant supply of caffeine but didn't ask for gas money. Then on the last night before he dropped me off in Calgary, he picked up a wallet in the parking lot of a gas station. There was $100 in it. He looked around, made this whimpering sound like "this is bad and I feel bad but I'm going to do it anyway". He pocketed the money and tossed the wallet. It didn't sit right with me either but obviously he was gonna do it whether I was there or not and I already could tell he felt shitty about it plus it was his truck and I was just a "guest" so I kept my mouth shut.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:43:52 No.79153 Report

Quoted By: >>79159 >>79173

Too bad there don't seem to be too many train hoppers on. Anybody else ever watch that hitchin show "thumbs up"?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:46:39 No.79159 Report

Quoted By:

>>79153
Actually there have been plenty of train hopping threads since this board was launched. OP specifically wanted to talk about hitch hiking instead, and said so explicitly. There may still be one in the catalog even.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:50:36 No.79164 Report

Quoted By: >>79177

>>79120
I'll never understand why people do this.
Why toss the wallet instead of give it to the gas station clerk and say "hey, found this outside" after pocketing the money?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:52:04 No.79167 Report

Quoted By: >>79177

>>79120
>I think its sort of assumed that if you're hitch hiking you can't afford to chip in.
Yeah, you'd think. I've been kinda baffled in the past when a few ex-hitchhikers picked me up and then asked for money. If anyone should know what it's like, it's them.

If I'm down to my last $20-50, I don't hesitate to refuse payment and I explain why... but it still makes for an awkward situation and any further interaction is usually a bit less comfortable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:56:35 No.79173 Report

Quoted By: >>79179

>>79153
Yeah, I've watched all the episodes. Choe is funny but he does a lot of retarded shit, it's a wonder he doesn't get hurt/into trouble.
>floating down the Mississippi on a child-sized Wal-mart inflatable raft

It'd be cool to see more behind-the-scenes stuff from his trips.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:59:33 No.79176 Report

Quoted By: >>79180

>>78457
lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 02:59:55 No.79177 Report

Quoted By: >>79218

>>79164
Dunno... I guess he didn't want to be associated with it. Which is silly because if he did turn it in, there is no evidence that he took the cash. Someone else could have cleaned the wallet out and dropped it before he even found it, for all anyone knows. I think he just felt bad and didn't want to think about it any further, like he just wanted to forget it ever happened.

>>79167
On the other hand, I was told a story by some friends who picked up a pair of hitch hikers once. The people driving didn't even have money to pay for their gas and were stopping every so often at gas stations to fly a sign for spare change. Every time they stopped, the hitch hikers were buying $10 - 20 worth of snacks while the drivers were begging for change from strangers just to fill the tank. I would have kicked those fuckers out of my van pretty quick if I were them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:00:08 No.79179 Report

Quoted By:

>>79173

Probably because it's staged. The one where he catches a ride on a bus full of migrant workers going from the Panhandle to Miami? Yeah, no.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:00:10 No.79180 Report

Quoted By:

>>79176
shit i used the wrong image

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:14:36 No.79196 Report

Quoted By: >>79201

Wish I could save this whole thread man. 10/10 bretty gud.

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:16:57 No.79199 Report

Quoted By:

I've been on the road since pretty much last summer. I've been picked up by a lot of different folk, none of which I've felt threatened by at all. I smile, I look presentable, feel the vibes of the situation & they pick me up. Sometimes I dance or act silly if I'm feeeling it, nothing boosts moral like giving someone a smile on their face.
I say Hello, I share my name, eye contact, shake a hand, smile. We converse or I stay quiet if thats how I'm feeling.
Don't get me wrong, people have came on to me- If I don't want to I say no. and no means no. Everyone I met has honored this, & anything otherwise then I trust myself that got the power to stop them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:18:50 No.79201 Report

Quoted By: >>79207 >>79220

>>79196
You can though. Ctrl-S the page and save it as an html file. That's the quickest way at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:22:08 No.79207 Report

Quoted By: >>79215

>>79201
This, then copy the lists of advice together, and post here as an infograph. Give something back to the community, man.

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:27:34 No.79213 Report

Quoted By: >>79232

One Time I Was Walkin A While
and it got really late so I strolled off the highway to a sideroad stating it had a park
After A long ten mile walk I find my way to the park and at first I try a small bridge but as I try to go under I hear this creepy noise so I NOPE it and 180 degrees it away and keep walking into the redwooded park

I walk deep into the wilderness and I find a tree with a good canopy and i set myself up under it feeling pretty good having found such a nice spot. I sleep and have a weird dream about a neon lighted indian in the darkness- and mind you, this was a night of a no moon and a lunar eclipse
and then I wake up to a rabid howling of what sounds like a bear having a nightmare

My heart has never beat so fast and so hard in my life

I started singing and humming loud to let it know I was there- you know- as to not surprise it and then I high tailed it out of there

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:27:57 No.79215 Report

Quoted By:

>>79207
I wouldn't make an infograph based on one 4chan thread. No matter what the subject matter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:31:01 No.79218 Report

Quoted By: >>79233

>>79177
They sound like ungrateful cunts, I would've left without them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:31:04 No.79220 Report

Quoted By:

>>79201
Oh, nice. Thanks brah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:38:44 No.79232 Report

Quoted By: >>79237 >>79241

>>79213
>hitchhiking in Alberta
>stop for the night in Banff
>set up my tent just outside the town limits, in the bushes by the main entrance road
>take a walk at twilight after setting up camp, want to sight-see
>cross the rails, see a bear stumbling around ~200 meters away
>decide it's too close to comfort to my tent
>paranoia sets in even though I've already stashed my food under a dormant bulldozer on the other side of the road
>too scared to sleep in tent
>go to a 24-hour Tim Hortons and doze on and off for the entire night until daybreak
>get kicked out at 6 AM when the manager shows up

What a fucking shitty night that was, and all because I was a paranoid scaredy cat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:39:12 No.79233 Report

Quoted By:

>>79218
Yeah it sounded like they were some yuppie larva who hadn't really been out there long enough to learn any sense of etiquette about traveling but regardless of that, even if they had just left mom and dad's house in the suburbs that morning, it should have been seen as common courtesy for them to chip in if they were clearly better off than the people driving them.

Someone else would have done a lot worse than merely abandon them though... namely, take all their money and THEN abandon them. They were lucky in a sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:43:55 No.79237 Report

Quoted By: >>79245

>>79232
>stop for the night in Banff

I read this second line and immediately knew this would be about a bear somehow.

Is this whole thread Canadians or what? Newfie here, by the way.

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:47:29 No.79241 Report

Quoted By: >>79259

>>79232
I havnt had any personal experience but I hear:
Blackbears you can drive an fight off witha stick
Brown Bears you have to back off slowly, play dead, or mace them

Or you could get a bear bell too

Whatever boosts moral!!

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:48:29 No.79245 Report

Quoted By: >>79252

>>79237
Not Canadian but Alaskan
We're all human though, expand it a lilbit ;)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:52:15 No.79252 Report

Quoted By: >>79258

>>79245
ha ha, close enough. I just see a lot of stories about traveling in Canada here, and people saying "province" instead of "state".

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:52:38 No.79253 Report

Quoted By: >>79262

I was hitchin it around thanks giving and I got literally 3 or 4 free pieces of pie from a few different on goers.
B T W, if ur lookin for some free grub and your wallets a little light, the hoboish people always know of a shelter or homeless program givin out free meals and snacks
Never hurts to ask no one neither

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:55:19 No.79258 Report

Quoted By: >>79269

>>79252
I heard hitchin Canada is beautiful, and theres free hot springs there.
anyone know how the border patrol do>?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:56:17 No.79259 Report

Quoted By:

>>79241
>I havnt had any personal experience
I have. When you see a bear:
>ready the best defensive weapon you have
>talk to bear in a low, calm voice
>walk backwards slowly, facing it
>if it follows, stop and stand your ground
>if it charges, spray/shoot the fucker
>if you don't have a spray/gun, and it hits you, play dead.

It's not that easy to discern whether it's a black or brown bear unless you've had several encounters, already. And they don't all act the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 03:58:40 No.79262 Report

Quoted By: >>79267

>>79253
Ah see, I've been in situations where I've been tight on cash, I mean barely had enough for the next meal, but I can't go to a shelter or homeless program. I'm staunchly against it because I travel for fun, I'm not poor at home (just regular uni student poor), and I've consciously put myself in the situation, so it would be disingenuous and obnoxious of me to gobble up resources meant for those who legitimately need them. If I need to feed myself I hit some dumpsters or I find a quick job on Craigslist.

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:03:48 No.79267 Report

Quoted By:

>>79262
yup. do what you gotta do. If you ask me though, the social system is a load a bullshit. The hobos got some interesting stuff to say too, an they dont judge none.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:05:56 No.79269 Report

Quoted By: >>79273

>>79258
Canada is beautiful. Hitch hiking across it will make you tear your hair out, kick sign posts and curse your very birth. About 50% of the highway signs from Victoria to St. John's have discrete graffiti written on the back of them, small enough that only another hitch hiker can see it, stating just how horrible this particular area you're standing in is and just which impossible act the locals can all go perform on themselves.

This is not because Canadian motorists are against the idea of stopping for hitch hikers, its because it is so goddamn far between cities that it takes forever to get anywhere. I've met some wonderful people hitch hiking up here, and had some amazing experiences. I've also spent more time than I ever bargained for standing and waiting for a ride, or walking for hours until I got one. The sense of hopelessness you start to feel after a while is enough to induce suicidal thoughts in the most stable individuals.

Every time I had to hitch across Ontario and the prairies I swore it would be the last. Finally I learned to ride trains so hopefully the last really is behind me.

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:09:14 No.79273 Report

Quoted By: >>79274

>>79269
Tell me bout the trains?

And BTW, if you ever get the chance to help someone- do it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:10:49 No.79274 Report

Quoted By:

>>79273

see:

>>78035

hungy hungry hobos.

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hungy hungry hobos. Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:16:26 No.79279 Report

Quoted By: >>79285

more like bitchiking. amirite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:19:22 No.79285 Report

Quoted By: >>79289

>>79279
> oh look its this retard again
> abandon thread

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:20:26 No.79286 Report

Quoted By:

>be truck driver
>hates dogs
>see two cool looking guys with a sign reading "OKC"
>I'm going through Oklahoma City
>notices they have a dog
>NOPE!

hungy hungry hobos.

hungy hungry hobos. Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:20:44 No.79289 Report

Quoted By:

>>79285
don't h8 because I wouldn't tell you about the super secret hop-out spot under locust

Red

Red Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:29:29 No.79304 Report

Quoted By: >>79312

Anyone know any good places to visit n the lower 48 for vagabonds

Rainbow gatherings and such

Also i really suggest picking up & reading Dharma Bums if youre hitch hiking

It's about travelers living on the eastern philosophy
Meditating and such, & being content where one is on their life's journey

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 04:33:21 No.79312 Report

Quoted By: >>79965

>>79304
Burning Man festival.
Shitload of communes in the pacific northwest

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 16:02:41 No.79965 Report

Quoted By: >>80037

>>79312
I always thought Burning Man was some temporary Disney theme park for yuppies who want to play at being bohemians. The only people I ever met who went every year got in for free because they volunteered in the "department of public works" for the camp. But I was just on their webpage and it says the only things for sale on the site are coffee and ice, and that the gate staff will send you away if you don't bring adequate food, water and shelter for yourself. Perhaps I was wrong to jump to conclusions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 16:55:44 No.80037 Report

Quoted By: >>80044

>>79965
I think tickets are generally around $400-600, but I heard they sell tickets for around $200 to low-income people who go through the appropriate application process, and the amount of tickets at that price is limited.

It seems kinda cool but I probably wouldn't put down the money for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 17:01:23 No.80044 Report

Quoted By:

>>80037
I think it said $380 on the website, and yeah they mentioned something about low income rates for people who provided proof. Proof being what, the stub of a government cheque or something like that I assume.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 17:41:10 No.80072 Report

Quoted By:

>>76861
i was walkin with my partner in conway arkansas, we walked 8 miles off the path and had to take a breather because and a cop picked us up and drove us into town, a high brass regular cloths cop he was a nice guy, and this other time we got kicked outta doubletree for sleepin in the lobby damn hitchhiking was fun...gotta get back on that anyone from the 225 of louisiana?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 23:14:26 No.80435 Report

Quoted By: >>80447

this sounds like a great way too travel, would consider/10
b-but i cant be the only one here whos seen the poughkeepsie tapes, r-right

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Apr 2013 23:26:10 No.80447 Report

Quoted By:

>>80435
I read the film synopsis. I'd never subject myself to watching that, holy fucking shit...

Georgiafag

Georgiafag Tue 09 Apr 2013 23:29:29 No.80450 Report

Quoted By:

>>77290
>http://hitchwiki.org/en/Florida#Law
Basically, no, it's not illegal in Florida (with the exception of Monroe County); however, I'm pretty certain you shouldn't try to hitchhike ON the interstates.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 00:25:44 No.80514 Report

Quoted By:

I ran away from home when I was 13 (abusive dad). Walked a few miles out of the city I lived in and got lost. Ended up getting a ride from a really nice guy who I convinced I was 17 (I started shaving at 11, lolhormonesandshit).
I still have no idea how I wasn't kidnapped, raped, and murdered.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 00:26:01 No.80515 Report

Quoted By:

>>77419
Are you incapable of putting yourself in another person's shoes?

I wouldnt have a problem with it at all. I would think it's smart of that person to do such a thing in order to feel more comfortable and reassured. They dont know me, they dont know that I'm just a kind-hearted and helpful person, they are right to be suspicious of me.

I would probably even encourage a traveller to take a picture of the license number and send it to someone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 01:28:28 No.80615 Report

Quoted By: >>80642 >>80645 >>80664

Hi /out/casts

me and a friend of mine are thinking about hitchhiking/freighting through america. I'm really fascinated by the idea of taking a grand trip through america all the way up to canada.

we are both european and really haven't seen much of the world. But the idea has been lingering for a long time now, and i really want to take the bull by the horns. i just want to know if going to america for your first time ever hitchhiking is too big of an endevaour, or if it's plausible.

Next to reading some harrowing stories, i'm still thinking about going through with the plan. For my first time ever hitchhiking going on a frand adventure like America.

The only real Question is: Should i do it? especially with me and my friend having little knowledge about hitchiking, and absolutely no knowledge about freighting (there isn't really a freight riding culture in europe to explore, since most trains ride on electrical circuits, if you get what i'm saying.) and Why?

sincerely
-a curious anon wanting to discover the world.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 01:46:32 No.80642 Report

Quoted By: >>80664

>>80615
>Should i do it?
Yes.

>I'm really fascinated by the idea of taking a grand trip through america all the way up to canada.
Here's one thing you need to know: borders in North America are not like the EU. If you are hitch hiking and think you can just walk up to the Canadian border and stroll through customs, forget it. Take a bus or something, have a return ticket to the US or a plane ticket home to Europe just to prove you aren't staying, and make sure you can demonstrate that you have money to spend in the country. Otherwise they will turn you away. Ditto for entering the US from Canada.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 01:47:55 No.80645 Report

Quoted By: >>80664

>>80615
I suggest you avoid trainhopping without initial guidance, but I think you'll be fine hitchhiking if you're smart about it. My first time hitchhiking was Toronto - Vancouver and it was never particularly daunting or overwhelming... Just have patience and keep your wits about you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 01:59:32 No.80664 Report

Quoted By: >>80670 >>80755 >>80813

Anon from >>80615 here, just want to clarify/ ask some more things

>>80642

further more, about doing the great hitchhike, as a young person, how much time should i reserve to travel through the country? Since, as most hitchhikers, i have to go on a very slim budget once i arrive. and i really want to see the country, not kinda quickly cruise by because of real time constraints.
>maybe some hobo tips would be nice also? just in case of emergency? (idk greentext)

>>80645
if i run into somebody who can teach me the ropes about trainhopping, should i take that advice? considering i heard trainhopping is a beautiful way to discover america.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 02:05:25 No.80670 Report

Quoted By:

>>80664
>how much time should i reserve to travel through the country?

North America is huge. You could spend your whole life exploring Canada, US and Mexico. Put aside as much time as you can afford to, or want to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 03:02:47 No.80755 Report

Quoted By: >>80895

>>80664
>if i run into somebody who can teach me the ropes about trainhopping, should i take that advice?
Sure, if they offer to help you. I guess it's hard to tell if someone's adequately experienced. I'm not sure if I'd know myself, since I've never trainhopped. But yeah I'd go for it..

sage

sage Wed 10 Apr 2013 04:06:01 No.80813 Report

Quoted By:

>>80664
>...should i take that advice? considering i heard trainhopping is a beautiful way to discover america.

Yes. Youd just have to know where to find them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 05:52:20 No.80895 Report

Quoted By:

>>80755
This is actually a problem. Some idiots claim to know what they are doing but don't. They just want people to think they do and/or have an inflated sense of their own experience. Though if you have a decent bullshit detector you may be able to tell if they're legit.

The people who taught me were 50/50. They knew the basic safety procedures so that was great but as far as navigating and actually getting from one town to the next they didn't have a goddamn clue. But since I didn't know any better, I trusted them. It was a learning experience at least and its not like I had anything better to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 17:56:17 No.81373 Report

Quoted By:

>>77317

Almost would think this is a troll, but sadly, I think he's cereal.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 18:47:44 No.81432 Report

Quoted By: >>81447

>>77340
>>77322
>>77315
>>77272

I actually live 150km's Northwest of Wawa. See hitchers there on occasion. I'm never usually driving when we see them, when we do, the driver/other passengers are opposed to the idea.

I'm incredibly curious as to why the wait is so long there. I realize the sault is 230kms away and Thunder Bay is a solid 500km but there is pretty steady traffic on that highway (considering it's in fuckin rural Northern Ontario)

>Why so hard to catch a lift?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 18:58:28 No.81447 Report

Quoted By:

>>81432
Who knows man. I don't think the people in Wawa can be drastically different from people in Sault or Thunder Bay, so maybe it's something to do with the town/road layout somehow not being effective for hitchhiking. I don't really remember Wawa, I only sped through a couple of times but I never had to hitch there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 19:09:38 No.81455 Report

Quoted By: >>81466

I stumbled on this guy's hitchhiking blog and he writes about Wawa. Here's an excerpt:

>The guy who picked me up said he’d drop me off at Wawa because it’s a good place to get picked up as it is where the Trans-Canada heading north from Sault-Ste. Marie meets Highway 101 coming west from Ottawa. That guy straight up lied to me.
>There was a lamp post where this guy dropped me off, within sight of the big goose. On the post someone had written, “How many days will I be in Wawa for?” At first I thought it must be some teenager wanting to get out of his small town. Then I realized that this is where the hikers stand and I realized another hiker had written this. Then I wondered how many days I would be in Wawa for.

He adds:
>It is easy to understand why it is so easy to get stranded in Wawa once you see it and once you understand the thought processes of a person considering picking up a hiker. This is how it works. A driver needs to have enough distance with a clear view to be able to see you, evaluate you, consider picking you up, decide to pick you up, check traffic and then have time to stop. All of this takes time, which the road that passes by Wawa does not give drivers. Where I was dropped off there is a sharp turn with high ridges on either side so drivers have no time to even think about picking you up.

Anyway he got picked up within a couple of hours if I understood correctly, by a guy who drove him all the way to BC.

Not related to Wawa, I also found this interesting:
>The question on both of our minds was, “Would we get along?” In fact, Milan even verbalized this. He had never picked up a hiker before, and asked many questions on how it works.

>What do we do about gas, food, conversation?
>gas, food
>gas
>food

Obviously I'd tell a driver that I'll cover my own food expenses, and maybe even buy him/her coffee once in a while, but I always find the gas issue awkward as hell. This is why I avoid long-haul rides.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 19:29:02 No.81466 Report

Quoted By:

>>81455

Yup that's exactly where every hitch hiker seems to stand, I know precisely where he means, in fact its only a few hundred feet to the right of where this >>77340 anon's picture was taken.

The funny part is if you were to carry on your journey around the curve northwestward about a kilometer, the road goes incredibly straight for a very long time. Also just over the hill in the other direction, the road is long and straight as well.

That little curve the blogger is talking about is how to get to Wawa, its actually 4 km's off of the highway, it seems like an ideal spot to stand because there is a stop sign for people wanting to get onto highway 17 so they can be parked beside a hitcher for quite some time if heavy traffic.

I find this situation incredibly interesting, never would have thought this occurred in Wawa.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 19:41:12 No.81478 Report

Quoted By: >>81491

>>76876
>If asked where you're going by a stopping driver, be vague and ask him where he's headed instead.
I like to amke the first move and ask them first.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 19:52:20 No.81491 Report

Quoted By:

>>81478
Same, that way a creep with unsavoury intentions can't tailor his response to mine in order to entice me in. And if I'm not feeling the right vibes, I can always pretend I'm not going where they are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 20:10:13 No.81509 Report

Quoted By: >>81520

>>77257

>not willing to deal with being harassed by some loser who might try to track me down and ask if he can stay the night in my backyard or something
>already pulled over for him
>never mind fuck off poorfag, buy your own car then
>oh wait you can't afford a car because you're too busy shooting heroin
>no fucks were given
>mfw next time i see a hitch hiker on the road i'll splash them with a puddle, hoping it's you

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 20:20:30 No.81520 Report

Quoted By: >>81574

>>81509
Speaking as a hitchhiker, I for one am glad you won't be picking up any

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 20:33:28 No.81537 Report

Quoted By: >>83474

>>77647

>living near niggers
>think i found your problem buddy

I've lived and worked, right next to NYC and Newark, for the past 25 years. I recently moved an hour west, almost to PA. Everything is different.

People tend to be friendlier the whiter the area. You'll be shocked by how kind people are when they've not been getting nigger grief all day. People say hello to you, wave to each other. I can walk over to my neighbors porch, who I literally just met last week, and just share a beer with him. It's like a whole new fucking world. Stay away from the cities man.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 20:55:13 No.81559 Report

Quoted By: >>81579 >>81772 >>83898

what are you guys packing?

i have

-tent
-blanket
-boots
-3 pairs of socks
-2 knives
-sun screen
-2 ponchos
-2 sweat shirts
-1 coat
-1 thermal top and pants
-2 pair undies
-1 pair shorts
-1 pair pants
-peanut butter
-a soup
-gallon water
-toilet paper
-flashlights
-lighters
-fishing pole/fishing stuffs
-a pot
-top romins
-trash bags
-tape
35 pounds
What else do i need/take out?

pic related have more water in the fridge though. cant leave yet because i got my teeth busted out and need a root canal

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 21:12:42 No.81574 Report

Quoted By:

>>81520

Nah I'm just fucking with you. Get in my car, please. Come on, it's alright.

GET IN THE FUCKING CAR.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 21:16:45 No.81579 Report

Quoted By: >>81585

>>81559

>2 knives

might want to spring for some raingear that isn't a poncho, i personally hate ponchos. might also want to bring a camelback bladder, a gallon might not last you when you get stranded.

also, you have stuff to cook with but nothing to cook it on or start a fire with?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2013 21:20:40 No.81585 Report

Quoted By:

>>81579
oh yeah i have whole rain suit

i have lighters to start fire

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 00:19:07 No.81772 Report

Quoted By: >>87122

>>81559

- 1 person tent
- sleeping bag (it's pretty small)
- sandals (I wear ratty Vans sneakers when hitching, haven't failed me yet in 3 years)
- 6 pairs of socks (nothing like soggy socks to put you in a shitty mood)
- a Leatherman knife
- sun screen
- a wool sweater
- a plaid shirt to throw on when it gets chilly
- a clean pair of jean shorts, to be presentable when I'm sight-seeing cities
- same but a pair of long-legged jeans
- same with a clean t-shirt
- a couple of bandannas for the disgustingly greasy hair days
- bathing suit
- 2 extra tank tops, one tie-dye because it's bright, cheerful, and it brings in the rides (I like to think)
- band-aids, deodorant, toothbrush-toothpaste, hotel-size bottle of shampoo
- 5 pairs of undies (dude, you bring only two? enjoy your skid marks and butt sweat)
- a ziploc bag of baby wipes
- a can of something (usually soup)
- a coupla granola bars
- 2 L of water
- lighters
- trash bags
- headlamp

Mmmm, it's been a few months so I'm probably forgetting things but this is the gist.

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Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 06:25:16 No.82172 Report

Quoted By: >>82176 >>82849

>Driving up to Rheinlander, WI to family cabin from Green Bay Area
> stop at a truck stop in Antigo
> see a group of 3 by the entrance with a sign that reads "Hodag Music Festival?"
> I stop and ask if they need a lift
> "hell yeah!"
> for the next hour and a half we shoot the shit
> find out they are going to school at UW Eau Claire
> hitch hiking to the festival because no car
> Truck driver got them as far as Antigo
> The festival doesn't start for 2 more days
> offer them the spare room at our cabin for the next few days
> the college students offer to do trade work as payment for the night
> spend about 5 hours of the day chopping and stacking wood, putting the dock in the water, cleaning the floors
> go fishing and treat them to a fish fry
> next day I take the college students to the festival, spent the weekend having fun
> sunday afternoon I take them to Antigo and they hitch a ride with a friend back to School.

> we still keep in touch via facebook.
> nice kids
I will pick up hitch hikers more often

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 06:31:44 No.82176 Report

Quoted By:

>>82172

bro status

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 20:53:48 No.82849 Report

Quoted By:

>>82172
Cool. I've gotten work a few times while hitch hiking, without even asking. Someone picks you up and then offers you $100 to help them move or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 21:06:10 No.82863 Report

Quoted By: >>82927

I picked up a crusty hitch hiker bro in Arizona and drove him 2 days to East Texas. Guy was super cool and had all kinds of neat stories to share. We chain smoked piel rojas and talked about just about everything under the sun.

I also picked up a hitch hiker once who, in a roundabout way, suggested he was going to stab me. I just looked him straight in the eye and vowed to stab him back if he so much as moved. The rest of our ride went smoothly but quietly until I dropped him off a few downs south.

Another guy just needed a lift 15 miles down the road to go look for his lost dog, and another guy (a native craftsman) needed an 80 mile lift to get back to his family's place.

I've had to hitch-hike a few times. Once in Shenandoah NP to get back to our car 20 miles away. Me and 2 buddies hopped in the bed of a pickup truck and rode in style.

Another time I had just wrapped up a 16 mile hike on Kauaii and a rainstorm was soaking me and my brother so we hitched back to a hotel where we could use a phone and get a double bourbon and a hamburger.

Also hitchhiked (4 rides) out of Fairbanks for about 50 miles, and hitched back (1 ride) a month later when we got out of the bush.

All in all I fully support the practice of hitch-hiking as both a driver and a rider.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 22:12:58 No.82927 Report

Quoted By: >>82965

>>82863
Back of a pickup is a fun way to travel, especially because sometimes you're just not in the mood to entertain the driver. The cops don't tolerate it in some places, but the more rural and redneck a place the more likely they are to ignore it. But it's also dangerous, and I've seen the aftermath of an accident where some dudes were riding in back of a truck and it wasn't not pretty. No one died but I don't think I've ever seen that much blood in my life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2013 22:49:18 No.82965 Report

Quoted By:

>>82927
Yeah, it's definitely riskier but it's fun as fuck. I got a ride from two really nice construction workers (or trades workers, don't remember) in rural BC, who said they didn't have space in the cab, but they had a wooden trailer attached to the vehicle. So it was probably even more dangerous than being in the flat-bed of a pickup truck, but it was one of my favourite rides ever. They asked me to lie down the entire time (about 30-40 minutes) to hide from the cops or other drivers, so I just lied down, head resting on my packs, crossed my legs, and dreamily looked at the bright blue morning sky while enjoying the breeze. And yeah, no talking even though I wouldn't have minded getting to know them. When they stopped, they helped me out and insisted I take a few bucks for breakfast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 06:01:23 No.83474 Report

Quoted By: >>83649 >>83903

>>81537

I grew up in the middle of the damn ghetto.

My dad had a beer after work with a group of our neighbors (mostly black) on our porch every day the weather allowed

sounds like a personal problem

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 11:34:59 No.83612 Report

Quoted By: >>83625

Trucker here.

I see it was mentioned about us not being able to pickup hitchhikers because of insurance reasons. I wouldn't have minded a couple of decent people that wanted to see the road. But unfortunately, seemed all I met were weirdos.

And, with the economic collapse, lots of new people started driving truck. With this, you have a lot of people who only see getting back home to their families with their paychecks.

Also, in a couple of months, our hours-of-service BS is gonna change. We're gonna have to stop for breaks, which is really gonna kill productivity. And, less chance of getting a ride or getting more than a couple hours down the road.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 12:05:29 No.83625 Report

Quoted By: >>83689

>>83612
Wait, you don't have mandatory breaks, yet?
Inforcing those is like 95% of the highway police's job in my country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 12:29:17 No.83649 Report

Quoted By:

>>83474
> I grew up in the middle of the damn ghetto.
> My dad had a beer after work with a group of our neighbors (mostly black) on our porch every day the weather allowed
> sounds like a personal problem

I concurr-- in 15 years of living in numerous locales across Australia, in areas are there predominately whites, serbs, aboriginal, hindu, fijian, bogan, chinese -- it's always been a constant that if you treat your neighbours as friends, they'll always return more in kind. People /like/ having friends. It's a typical 'World Traveler' effect.

...except for that racist freak whitey who listens to Alan Jones at max.vol

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Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 12:36:02 No.83656 Report

Quoted By:

>We're gonna have to stop for breaks, which is really gonna kill productivity.
> I'm a loyal American worker. What's good for my corner-cutting Jewish Boss is good for me!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 13:10:06 No.83689 Report

Quoted By:

>>83625 No laws on breaks, just limits on hours per day you can drive.

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Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 13:45:57 No.83714 Report

Quoted By: >>83889

>coming home from the city late at night
>a bum walks to car
>wind down window
>can i have the lift please
>he smells funny
>no
>he opens the door
>get on the floor
>everyone walk the dinosaur

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 17:49:52 No.83889 Report

Quoted By:

>>83714
LMFAO xD

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 17:58:46 No.83898 Report

Quoted By:

>>81559
Bring a trowel. Any garden trowel will be more than enough.

That way you can bury your shit/dig a hole to shit in. And dig yourself a scout shelter if you want to be tactical. I;ve done that a few times when on other people's property - estates and stuff. Fuck rich landowners stopping me being able to enjoy what little non-farmland outdoors we have in this country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 18:04:16 No.83903 Report

Quoted By:

>>83474
yeah I was gonna say something similar. I grew up in the whitest town ever. When I visited Philly I was impressed by the sense of community people in the neighborhoods had. Sure there were problems but black, white or brown, there were a few people who had each other's backs and that was cool. It was a real community. Where I grew up, people didn't even know their neighbors by name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2013 21:13:56 No.84061 Report

Quoted By:

>>77243
I've never got stopped in quebec, but I've had cops tell me through their bullhorns to get out of the place, in which case I act like I grab my stuff and start walking for like 2m until they're out of site, then start thumbing again

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Apr 2013 08:43:31 No.84471 Report

Quoted By:

>>77822
I lold hard. That's scary as fuck. If this happened to me one night I'd laugh my ass off. hahaha

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Apr 2013 13:47:52 No.86912 Report

Quoted By: >>87099

>>79081
>I got into a pickup truck with a guy once and THEN noticed the porno mags in the cab

Being a truck driver is lonely as fuck. He probably didn't give two shits. Define uncomfortable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Apr 2013 17:28:04 No.87099 Report

Quoted By:

>>86912
It wasn't a rig though, it was a redneck in a pickup. He did start hitting on me too is the thing.

also, holy shit this thread is still here? I guess having threads that go on for days is better than people asking the same shit every single day and getting upset when we're sick of replying.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Apr 2013 17:51:36 No.87114 Report

Quoted By: >>88106

I plan on heading out of WA on OCT 16th. I work a nice seasonal job here from April first, to OCT 15th. During the time I am not here, I just hitch hike through out the US and Canada. So I can't wait for my next trip guys. I think I might get a bike for this one, just ride the fuck out of it while hitch hiking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Apr 2013 18:07:14 No.87122 Report

Quoted By:

>>81772
i dont ever even wear undies i free ball it everyday... feels good man

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2013 15:22:08 No.88106 Report

Quoted By:

>>87114
What kinda seasonal job?

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