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RandomFavorite hitchhiked ride: Pilot picked me up and let me steer his plane in [[Ohio]]
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== Hitchhiking Trivia ==
I still hitch a few thousand miles a year. These days I prefer to hop freight trains and bicycle for safety reasons, and I recommend you do the same. If you are going to hitchhike, taking a picture of your rides' license plates and sending them to someone and taking a picture of your rides' faces and sending that to someone will protect you from most premeditated harm from rides. Always wear your seat belt to protect from accidents. Some estimates claim there is one fatal accident in the United States for every one million miles a person drives. That ratio is probably higher based on the fact that people who pick up hitchhikers may be more prone to risky driving.
Outdated map of all roads every road I hitchhiked as of from 2010 to September 2014 [http://i.imgur.com/rXvmuN1.jpg here] (Blue is hitchhiked, Red is train hopped)
accumulated hitched miles 2011-2014 110,200 miles
*2013: 23,400 miles
*2014: 42,900 miles
*2015-2017: 50,000 miles, not measured after 2014
Longest single ride: 3,250 miles--Glacier View Alaska to Bakersfield, California Second longest ride: 2,900 miles--Flagstaff, Arizona to New York City including various scenic detours.
Countries hitched in: [[America]], [[Canada]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]]
Provinces/Territories of [[Canada]] hitched in: 8
States of [[Mexico] hitched in: 19
Most rides caught in a row with no one passing me: 4
Times picked up by people who explicitly indicated that they were claimed to be serial killers: 3
Favorite places: [[New Mexico]], [[Missouri]],[[West Virginia]]
Easiest places to hitchhike in my opinion: [[Hawaii]], [[West Virginia], [[Massachusetts]], [[Newfoundland]]
Fun fact: One out of every 450 Americans has driven by me while I hitchhiked. Calculated by estimation of (total miles hitchhiked in United States) divided by (average distance of a ride) = (total # of rides), then (total # of rides) multiplied by (average vehicles passing per hour) multiplied by (average wait time in hours before getting a ride) = total number of people who drove by me, then (population of United States) divided by (total # of people who drove by me).
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