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This is actually how (some) couriers worked in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. They latched on to the back of passing cars/trucks with magnetic harpoons and hitch

by psb217 12y ago

This is actually how (some) couriers worked in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. They latched on to the back of passing cars/trucks with magnetic harpoons and hitched a free ride until they needed to head another way.

pyre 12y ago
In a very "Back to the Future meets Cyberpunk" fashion.
thisjepisje 12y ago
Donald Duck also did this once.
Nicholas_C 12y ago
Dammit, I hear about that book just about every week. I think I might finally cave and read it.
- esMazer 12y ago
  you know you have to
- e12e 12y ago
  You should, it's a great book. Published before Stephenson became (apparently) famous enough to ignore his editors and stopped cutting down his material... Both "Snowcrash" and "Diamond Age" are very good.
neumann 12y ago
That's how I used to hitch lifts with trucks when doing bike messenger runs that took me down at the docks. Dumb and foolish I was.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  Did you use magnetic harpoons? ;).