Originally Posted by
The Figment
+1000!!! I started Bike Touring to replace hitchhiking....Hitchhiking is WAAAAAAAAY more dangerous than Biking!!!
It also depends which country you are hitchhiking in, I found that when I hitchhiked around America 1 out of every 3 rides I felt that I was at risk. I assume that this is not a reflection of the American population in general and concluded that only crazy-Americans pick up hitchhikers.