Would you pick one up? We had this conversation this morning when a young lass at work was telling us about a hitchhiker that she had picked up. She was totally naive to the danger she could have put herself in.</p> So, the question is, would you give a lift to a stranger? </p>
Used to Hitchhike on a regular basis when a was in my teens....Different places, unusuallly wonderful weird at times spots, places mostly (caves and the like) in the Beaches areas Good times was had....No FFS , i wouldn't take no bugger on board in answer to the question, not now anyways.... Too many weird ones about.... ....
I have in my time... ....probably still would. I did hitch hike a few times as a student. Went to Paris and back in a weekend once. I had lunch on the Saturday and set off back.
I've hitchhiked a fair bit - my friends do it more than I do though. I gave up because it became a bit too much effort to get anywhere (and because I had to walk 25 miles in a day after getting stranded just north of Newcastle) Would definitely pick someone up - to be honest I think it's stupid that there's so much scaremongering around the subject. In my experience it invariably comes from people who've never done it and never would.
My mum once gave a lift to someone who was hitching a ride. When he went to get out of the car he gave her a lecture on why she shouldnt have picked him up!
Gave a lift to a rather strange someone the other day while on holiday in Cornwall. Asked me if we were going to St. Ives and we were.</p> When he got in, he started saying that the bailiffs had taken his campervan that morning, that he hadn't eaten for 10 hours, and that he was going to sleep in a Church doorway that eveningand that his wife had recently died. "But don't let me spoil your holiday", he added.</p> Hewas a scouser and therefore I wasn't exactly sure that I believed him ... </p>
Have done a couple of times in the past The only ones I seem to see nowadays are when I'm on my way to work & behind schedule!
RE: My arguement is Nothing at all wrong with public Transport.... Either skint, or saving my money for other things when i got there was my ideal.... Its the Romany in some what Hitchhike, the meeting of others counts as well....Who knows?? I'm pissed, its been a fecking long, long day....
Done both Accepted & offered lifts .... but within an official "hitching system" at Uni. You waited at designated areas in Leamington to hitch a lift to campus for an agreed fee of 25p. Was quite a good system & as far as I know there were no incidents - apart from a woman once running out of petrol & us having to walk home, and one car had seen better days - you could see the road thru the rust holes! Having said all that I would never offer a lift or hitch ordinarily.
Me an t lads gave some random pissed bloke a lift home we met in t pub and spent all neet laikin snooker with if that counts. </p>
Have done in the past When I was working in London and coming home for the weekend once, it was the same day as Donnington rock festival and I picked up 2 stunning Spanish lasses who were hitching to Donnington....shame I didn't have a ticket!
