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[[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|left|Masaru hitchhiking at a petrol station]]
Starting a conversation will give drivers more chances to look at you as a person. It is less likely then that their answer will be negative if the direction of yours and the driver's destinations matches.
While hitchhiking between country borders through petrol stations, it is a good idea to check the oil prices in the source and the destination country. If the destination country has significantly cheaper oil, many cars going in your direction might choose to avoid the petrol stations near the border.
==== Country Commentary ====
In [[Italy]] you have to be careful: it is illegal to hitchhike on the ''Autostrada'', and it is a bit unclear if it is illegal to do so on the ''[[Area Servizio]]''s (petrol stations with restaurant on the ''Autostrada''), but in all the years he's been using them (1991-2012), [[User:Prino|Prino]] has never ever encountered problems on them.
In [[The Netherlands]] there Shell has been one recorded occurrence of a Shell (<< boo!!!) employee attempting the policy to kick a ask hitch-hiker out of a hikers on their service station. Which was total bullshit considering it was a high-yield station close stations on the motorway to Amsterdam, just off stand behind the highway, and she wasn't even willing services or next to give the building. The same is applied by some cardboard of the BP petrol stations in the west of the Netherlands. It is just better not to try to make a sign.talk with everybody!
[[Category:Practical info]]
