Have you ever picked up a hitch-hiker ?

[m1469]

I am just curious 

Good experience, bad experience ?  Do you hitch-hike ?

[allthumbs]

I am just curious 

Good experience, bad experience ?  Do you hitch-hike ?

Does the name Ted Bundy ring a bell? DO NOT hitch-hike.

[m1469]

Does the name Ted Bundy ring a bell? DO NOT hitch-hike.

Well, I am not going to.  And I am certainly not advocating it.  I was just curious 

[gilad]

when i was young i used to hitvh hike.
till a coked up drunk took me and my friends for a hell ride.
he drove towards our notorious city centre neighbourHOOD of hillbrow,, totally out of he way way we requested. he got out of the car a few times to warn groups of male pedestrians that he's F%$3 shoot them.
he was doing wheel spins the whole time. he eventually crashed into a pole, and told us" K that'll do, heres my name and number if anyone gives you trouble" and drove off.
i actually would fail to do justice to scene around us in the streets that night(lots of scary people), but we saw a cab and got as far away from that place as possible.
i thought we were goners.
Johannesburg isn't a safe place for anyone.
i found out who the guy was, not a very desirable element, a rough family that underworld people fear.

i dont give lifts to anyone, i've been car jacked ( though not because of picking up hikers), i've learned that on the streets you trust no one, i have no time for strangers and try to maintain my personal distance and space in areas that i'm vulnerable in.

[Jacey1973]

when i was young i used to hitvh hike.
till a coked up drunk took me and my friends for a hell ride.
he drove towards our notorious city centre neighbourHOOD of hillbrow,, totally out of he way way we requested. he got out of the car a few times to warn groups of male pedestrians that he's F%$3 shoot them.
he was doing wheel spins the whole time. he eventually crashed into a pole, and told us" K that'll do, heres my name and number if anyone gives you trouble" and drove off.
i actually would fail to do justice to scene around us in the streets that night(lots of scary people), but we saw a cab and got as far away from that place as possible.
i thought we were goners.
Johannesburg isn't a safe place for anyone.
i found out who the guy was, not a very desirable element, a rough family that underworld people fear.

i dont give lifts to anyone, i've been car jacked ( though not because of picking up hikers), i've learned that on the streets you trust no one, i have no time for strangers and try to maintain my personal distance and space in areas that i'm vulnerable in.

Geeeeez!! I'm glad i don't live where you live!

I think the hitch hiking thing is more of an American thing? Never done it, never would. I've heard of too many rapes and murders happening to ever trust a stranger for a lift.

[rc]

I've never hitch-hiked, but I'd probably give it a try if I had no other way.

Actually, I have accepted rides from strangers, but I wasn't going down the road with my thumb out. Once when we were kids, walking down the street doing dumb things to get people to honk their horns, or wave at us, or any kind of reaction. Later down the road one guy in a truck stopped because he thought we were asking for a ride, so we hopped in the back and got a ride to my buddys place.

The other time I was walking home from the bar alone in the pouring rain when another guy in another truck offered to give me a lift. I was grateful.

Have given hitchhikers short rides up in the mountains. At one hill it's normal for skiers and snowboarders to hitch rides to and from the mountain. In the summer you sometimes see someone going down the road towards a mountain, all decked out to hike, so we give 'em a lift. We're always with some friends though, so we aren't too worried about trouble.

Never been raped nor murdered. I tend to think you'd get a bad vibe when you look into the eyes of a crazy.

[leahcim]

I am just curious 

Good experience, bad experience ?

Yeah, in Ireland on holiday, quite a long distance too. It appeared to be a way of life there though.

Do you hitch-hike ?

Nope.

[whynot]

I used to pick up hitchhikers.  What was I THINKING?  I was younger; I thought I'd live forever, and at the same time I thought I wouldn't care if I didn't, if that makes sense.  Now I'm just the opposite!  The last time, I picked up a guy at the beginning of a cross-country move.  I took him with me about twelve hundred miles.  Then when we got there, I found out he had been running away from a serious responsibility at home, and I had helped him do it.  It was a terrible feeling.  Also, that's when the danger factor became clear.  Not that what he had done was dangerous (as far as I knew), but what I knew really was bad, and if that bad had been just a little worse, who knows?  After that, I never did it again.  All part of my colorful past. 

[ted]

I picked up one many years ago and he was all right, but my father sat behind him just in case. In general no, I never do it.

[gorbee natcase]

You have to be stupid to trust people

[gilad]

You have to be stupid to trust people

because trusting people are a predators prey.

Geeeeez!! I'm glad i don't live where you live!

yes, if daily violent crime isn't yor thing it's better you aren't here, i look forward to leaving in the future.

[mycrabface]

Geeeeez!! I'm glad i don't live where you live!

I think the hitch hiking thing is more of an American thing? Never done it, never would. I've heard of too many rapes and murders happening to ever trust a stranger for a lift.

My aunt keeps a golf club in her car..

[gilad]

i hav

My aunt keeps a golf club in her car..

i have a friend who has shot 4 different people last time i checked. i'm sure now its way over that. i dont know how he gets into so many situations.
all in self defense.
it's usually unwise to try pull a weapon on your attacker.

[mycrabface]

i hav
i have a friend who has shot 4 different people last time i checked. i'm sure now its way over that. i dont know how he gets into so many situations.
all in self defense.
it's usually unwise to try pull a weapon on your attacker.

Yah the police will turn on you if you DO kill one..

[4tissimo]

I can't recall ever having picked up a hitch-hiker, but when I was young, especially in college, I hitch-hiked a lot and never had any problems.  Now that I'm older, I no longer hitch-hike nor pick up anyone I don't know personally.  Road rage, car-jacking, the impatient arrogance abroad on America's highways mean that the dangers are far greater now than when I was younger.