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Etiquette

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'''Advice from Drivers:''' Many a hiker has spent hours cursing the helpful driver who told them "Oh, I know a great place to hitchhike!" In fact, most drivers don't understand the basics of hitchhiking, that a careful mix of enough traffic, but not too much traffic is desirable. That a place which might look great because it has a good place for cars to stop or for a hiker to ask drivers for a ride, could in fact be a terrible place if it is just before a complex intersection which sends cars off into lots of directions which are not the one you are interested. Weather, darkness, local friendliness, traffic patterns, good places for cars to stop and more need to be factored into weighing which location is the best. '''''Do not be afraid to tell your driver that they don't know what they are talking about.''''' when it comes to good places for rides. You should attempt to do this in as polite a fashion as possible. But since they are dropping you, if you fail to correct them in their mock understanding of a good hitchhiking place, you could spend a lot of time regretting their mistake. While they annoyingly are off to drop another hitcher in a poor place.
 
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