Hitch hiking

I did, as a teenager, I travelled all over the north of England and Scotland. Had some interesting rides, a Laird, a pig carrier and someone we think may have been the Duke of Northumberland but I was pretty ignorant about nobility, he did have a Bentley though.

absent were you by yourself? I hitched all over the place too though can't better Dubrovnik!

me hitchhike! You have got to be joking. I was a timid mouse back then.
I would still be wary of it.

I think the first way round I posted.
From what I can dimly remember, hitchhiking started to get a bit less anyway[I suppose there less people without cars]. Plus there were some high profile cases of harm to hitchhikers?
I thought one of the cases might have been the Yorkshire Ripper, but I had a brief look, and couldnt see that he was involved with hhs.

Friends and I used to hitch in the late 60's early 70's all the 'action' (boys on holiday) was in the next town. Friday and Saturday nights hitching became a regular thing.

I would discourage anyone from doing it now though.

I hitched all over the place when I was younger – although I never told my mother. The best time was when I stuck out my thumb 5 minutes after leaving home in a London suburb and got a lift all the way to Dubrovnik.

Oh, I see you've gone! Goodnight, anyway.

Did you actually do any hitch-hiking, soontobe?

We knew it was potentially dangerous, but what the heck, we were young, broke and didn't think anything bad would actually happen to us.

Of course it was dangerous, flagging down a stranger and leaping into their car! A couple of young girls would hardly pose any threat.

Only in later decades did picking up a stranger become more risky for the driver, as after the age of 'peace and love' had passed, carjacking and the targeting of lone drivers for criminal purposes gained momentum.

That's my opinion, anyway.

Mind you, drivers wouldnt have picked them up if they thought it was too dangerous?
grr, I am confused myself now.
I know it is time for bed when that happens!
Goodnight everyone.

Well, I admit I did have to think carefully which came first. My memory is not perfect so I thought carefully.
And I concluded that I seem to remember it was the way round that I posted.
And also, hitchhikers wouldnt have kept on doing it in the first instance if they perceived it as being hugely dangerous.

I'd have thought it was the other way round, soontobe!

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I think hitchhiking used to be seen as dangerous for the person picking up the hitchhiker.
Then at some point, it was realised that it was actually potentially just as dangerous for the hitchhiker themselves, and that may be why it doesnt happen as much now?

When I lived in Cornwall I used to hitch lifts to work; no transport of my own and no bus service. Used to hitch home to Birmingham and sometimes to London. When I had my own car I gave lifts to others as a sort of repayment. Would never do it now [either give or receive lifts] and would never have let my children do so. Met so many amazing people whilst hitching. When did the world turn into such a dangerous place, I wonder ?

I`ve never even dreamt of hitching lifts, but one Christmas morning, when I was 16 or 17, I had to be at work for 8am, the buses didn`t start running till 9am, so I set off to walk (it was 3 miles into the centre of Rochdale). My grandma, who I lived with, was on the doorstep watching me go, the next thing I knew, she`d flagged down a passing car, and asked the driver to give me a lift into town, which he did, but I was scared stiff all the way, expecting to be ravished any minute, when the poor man was just doing a good turn!

I havn't hitched since college days in the 60's. I used to offer a lift to the under gamekeeper if I ever saw him walking home as he was rather dishy. Fat lot of good it did me !

Living in a rural area, hitch hikers were common, not so any longer, very rare. If I missed the only bus from the station, I used to start walking the 3 miles home, never walked further than 1/2 mile. But that was 30+ years ago.Most people consider it too dangerous nowadays for either party.

I remember heading off on a long drive, picked up a squaddie (live close to Colchester barracks) thinking he would be good company. He fell asleep within minutes and only woke up when we arrived at his destination (somewhere near Stonehenge I think).

My friend and I used to hitch-hike in the late 60s. We had very little money and it was the only way we could get to pop festivals ect. We thought nothing of it then.

We also hitch-hiked on our own! There was only ever one man who made suggested remarks to me and tried to put his hand on my leg, but fortunately he didn't insist...

I'd be horrified at the thought of any of my children or GC doing it now, though!

All the time- I used to hitch-hike all over in the late 60s. We've even invited hitch-hikers to have a meal and stay- as my mum used to do. Only one bad minor experience in all those years.

I used to offer lifts to strangers.
But I did it once when my kids were in the car. My husband was most upset, and said I shouldnt being doing such a dangerous thing. So I then stopped.
We barely see hitchhikers where I live any more. Dont know why.