Hitchhiking is so fascinating to me, since it really doesn't seem like an effective means of transportation to just ask strangers for rides over and over.
That seems like a terrible way to get around especially this day and age. You can't seem to trust a lot of people.
The worst part about it is that even though it is successful in some cases, in some cases the rides aren't even free.
Yeah, seems like it might take longer to get where you need to go anyway, especially when you have to take what you can get even if it's a short distance.
Despite all of this, itinerants have used hitchhiking as their primary way of traveling for the last hundred years.
I guess it works for some people. I wouldn't feel safe picking up a hitchhiker and I guess it works the other way around sometimes.
I wouldn't feel too safe either. I feel like signaling drivers would be hard, especially since the methods of signaling them differ around the world.
That is true. Plus the weather conditions might be poor, and it is never a good idea to be out at night where others can't see you.