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Mid-80's, me and a few of my friends got over 600 miles of rides mostly in the back of pickups after working a summer in AK. We'd split into pairs and meet up at a designated town. No cell phones back then, just look or wait for the other pair to show up on the side of the road. We were just 19-20 at the time, so not very scary looking. After that summer, I wound up giving rides to hitchhikers who may not have looked upstanding, but appreciated the lift.

I guess I could've made this an AskPoal question instead: Can you trust strangers not to murder you?

Mid-80's, me and a few of my friends got over 600 miles of rides mostly in the back of pickups after working a summer in AK. We'd split into pairs and meet up at a designated town. No cell phones back then, just look or wait for the other pair to show up on the side of the road. We were just 19-20 at the time, so not very scary looking. After that summer, I wound up giving rides to hitchhikers who may not have looked upstanding, but appreciated the lift. I guess I could've made this an AskPoal question instead: Can you trust strangers not to murder you?

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When I got out of the AF back in 1980, took a bus to chi-town, got ripped off for a bag of weed, bought two bottles of Gold Tequila, new weed order, got a greyhound to Seattle, hung out and met some unsavoury ppl, then hooked up with a " magasine subscription outfit" worked my way to Sacramento, then hitched to Washington dc. Got a lift to Rock Springs wyoming, (looking back the guy was high AF), he booked a room in some motel, striaght-up no homo, this was back in the day when even strung out ppl where ok. then he went to the office made a call and said to me that I have the room for three days if I want it. OF COURSE! I stayed, then I had to leave. Walked back to the interstate, used bushcraft so I didn't freeze. Then continued on my journey. One week after arriving at home, my last paycheck with adjustments and all came in the post (982$), called my mom she cashed the check with rebate, and three days later I was on a flight back to London. Hitchhiking is a fantastic way to travel. I am now 60 in dec. thinking of hitching across Europe as a B-day gift- once more into the breach my freind.