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Hitchhiking is pretty safe for some slices of the population. Riskier (but probably still safeish for others). 6'2" white dude with a few lbs of muscle -- safer
by bitexploder 10y ago
Hitchhiking is pretty safe for some slices of the population. Riskier (but probably still safeish for others). 6'2" white dude with a few lbs of muscle -- safer. Small individual who someone might try to take advantage of? Less safe, but I bet the driving is riskier than anything else that might happen. I have hitched backed to my car a few times after trekking on the AT. Many hikers rely on hitching to get around.
- dgellow 10y agoWhy the "white" adjective? I don't see the relationship between your skin color and the safeness of hitchhiking.
- bitexploder 10y agoWell, I have never been anything other than white, but I gather it is easiest to be white in America. You are much more likely to be picked up and treated well in some parts of rural America. (Rural america is usually next door to the wilderness I have experience hitchhiking in, etc.) Louis CK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmzT4OV-w0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmzT4OV-w0 -- Comedy can express what terse and technical explanations may not. Edit: getting picked up easier usually means less environmental risk so it isn't just safety from whoever is picking you up at play.