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''From a standing start (standing on the start/finish line), thumb a vehicle down, get in it, and complete 1 lap of the circuit in the correct direction. The clock starts when you put your thumb out, and the clock stops when you cross the finish line 1 lap later.''=== Circuit de [[Monaco]] ===
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* '''292 km/h''', according to '''Veit Kuehne''' from Dresden, Germany. He got a ride with a young driver (car "Audi") on a highway between Dresden and Chemnitz in July 2008.
* At least '''280''' and more than likely exceeding '''290''' km per hour, according to [[User:Prino|Prino]] on 27 May 2015 from Raststätte Fränkische Schweiz/Pegnitz Ost (departure @ 06:05) to Raststätte Fläming Ost (arrival @ 07:49). The odometer'ed distance was 304.0 km (both Google Maps and Bing Maps give the distance as 308 km) and the ride included a refuelling stop of 11 minutes (06:58 - 07:09). The driver used a Cougar system and didn't pay any attention to speed restrictions, other than slightly slowing down in roadworks. The car was an Audi RS6 Quattro.
== Fastest round the world hitchhike trip ==
* '''20 days +1h31m17s''', according to Alexej Vorov from Russia. Alexej hitch-hiked from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, from Seattle to Boston and from Madrid to St. Petersburg starting 01.10.2014 00h00 and finishing 21.10.2014 01h31:17. He passed the countries Russia, USA, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
== Highest number of countries within 10 days ==
* '''30''', according to Miran Ipavec from Slovenia. Miran hitched this in 9 days, 20 hours and 25 minutes, starting on 01.04.2015. In this order he passed these countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania*, Ukraine, Serbia, Macedonia*, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia*, Slovenia*, Italy, Austria*, Czech Republic, Germany*, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. Countries marked * were passed twice. Kosovo, not recognised by the UN, is excluded from this list.
== Longest "driving the driver" ride ==
* '''781 km''', according to [[User:Fverhart|Frank Verhart]] from The Netherlands. Frank drove from from service station Gralla Ost on the A9 near [[Graz]], [[Austria]] (26.05.2015 @ 22h19) to service station Medenbach Ost on the A3 near [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Germany]] (27.07.2015 @ 10h28).
== Slowest hitchhiking between two points ==
* '''William Innes''' from Scotland, UK. He got a ride on a milk float on 'collection' day and it took '''4.5 hours''' to travel '''2 miles''' from North London to the start of the M1. '''(HGE)''' '''Note:'' It would take a reasonably fit person about 30 minites to cover this distance on foot...
* '''Ruth Cleece''' from UK. She got a '''half-mile''' ride taking '''45 minutes''' on a steam-roller. '''(HGE)'''
== The largest sum of money that was given to a hitchhiker by a driver ==
*'''500 DM''', according to '''Sahin Sisic''', from Holland[[The Netherlands]]. -->
== Hitchhiking lap records of famous racing circuits ==
* '''9 minutes, 12 seconds (approx)''': Sanne and [[User:Tmoon|Tom]], hitchhiking as a pair, on 10 May 2009.
== Guiness Book of Records Hitchhiking Entries ==
This record was only included in the 1991 edition of the GBOR. It was held by [[User:Prino|Prino]]. The actual entry on page 179 read:
"The greatest distance in 24 hours is 2318.4 km ''1440.7 miles'', from Southern [[Yugoslavia]] to [[Hamburg]], [[Germany|West Germany]] on 5 July 1989 by Robert Prins of [[De Bilt]], [[The Netherlands]]. He achieved this with just four lifts."
Full details of the four rides that led to this record can be found [[Prino's 24-hour record|here]].
