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* The decision by a drive is made in a fraction of a moment: it is easier for people when you can be categorized easily (e.g. as student that does not have money or as traveller with a big backpacks that hast interesting stories). For this reason many hitchhikers use signs, even they would not be necessary, to be clearly identified as a hitchhiker (and not as somebody that just comes out of the bushes). Show both hands openly and do not hide them in your pockets. Be open and honest. People in the same group as you are will ‘judge’ you more as they have more reference points.
* It might be worth to ask people first a question they clearly agree on or make them compliments in another way (car, jacket and other tastes) before asking them for a lift (self-affirmation theory, Steele, 1988). To make people laugh first should work as well.
* Bake pancakes and offer them to your potentially future driver. Make them laugh.
* Be sure you'll get a lift and actually look at the driver in a way that shows you know he'll stop. It can seem paradoxal at first, but it works.
* [[Speed Hitchhiking]] builds on the idea of priming. Thereby two hitchhikers place themselves with about 50m distance from each other next to the road.
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