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[[Image:Liftend.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]== Cześć wam ! ==Hi there. My name is Frank and I live in Maastricht, the southernmost city of the [[Netherlands]].

== Why ==

~~Hitchhiking~~ Hitch-hiking is one of my favourite ~~way~~ ways of travelling~~, which I practice when I have time: during weekends and in holidays~~. It is ~~a very~~ an interesting way to be in touch with people and also ~~a more~~ an environmentally aware and economic way of travelling fast ~~than going in your own vehicle or by public transport~~. ~~Anyway as~~ As far as travelling is concerned I also enjoy to move myself on foot, on bike, on ice-skate, and by public transport ~~and (all too often) in my Citroen C2~~.

It can take a while before you know how to ~~hitchhike~~ hitch-hike fast and efficient and also experienced ~~hitchhikers~~ hitch-hikers sometimes need patience. In my own country I rarely need more than twenty minutes to find a driver when I am in a good or reasonable ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking environment. I started ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking actively in spring 2003. Before that I ~~hitchhiked~~ hitch-hiked on occasion, for example to go back to the starting point of a hiking trip or to get back to a camping. The first experience was in the summer of 1993, when my father in a moment decided to ~~hitchhike~~ hitch-hike with me when we were walking in the French Alps. That way we managed to get up very high on the mountain. Otherwise we would not have succeeded in doing that. == Media ==* 2007 (19/11), radio interview, Radio 1 (The Netherlands), [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/radio1bnn.mp3 "Weg met BNN"] (Dutch).* 2018 (07/07), newspaper interview, Dagblad De Limburger (The Netherlands), [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/limburger070718.pdf "Mensch, durf te liften"] (Dutch).

~~== Interview ==~~

~~On 19 november 2007 I spoke live for Dutch Radio 1 program `Weg met BNN´ about hitchhiking. To hear the interview - in Dutch - [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/radio1bnn.mp3 click here].~~

== Inspiring music ==

In the meantime, I~~'ve started to link~~ associate some pieces of popular music to with this way of travel. I feel that these songs breath in their way spirit of hitchhiking. If you like, take a look at this listing, and feel happy to hear and see those pieces by You tube-technology. Links checked October 25, 2012.

[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~sAUhze7Scug~~ roPQ_M3yJTA Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (CAN, 2000)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9IDo-vF5k Kate Ryan - Voyage Voyage (BEL, 2008)[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=250965542145084 Dominik Gus - Hitchhiker's hymn] (SRB, 2018)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskaoVf8PPM Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)] (Sweden, 2011)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBfP63T0a60 Heart - All I wanna do is make love to you] (USA, 1990)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTSfJEf_jM The Animals - House of the rising sun] (UK, 1964)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A Robert Johnson - Cross road blues] (USA, 1936)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sml8W5SAwo Robert Johnson - Walking Blues] (USA, 1936)

[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~qBGNlTPgQII~~ DWSceMtAjPw Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express] (D, 1977)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atyvdC15HFA Moby - Everloving] (USA, 1999)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_XYk-Xc94 Karen Stanek - Jedziemy autostopem] (PL, 1964)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35wEzoXgyqY City to City - The road ahead (miles of the unknown)] (NL, 1999)

[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~oIbaISxK8QY Vanity Fare~~ M0Ths5KI2Bw Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue - ~~Hitchin'~~ Kids ("jump on board, take a ride~~] (USA, 1969~~")~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA Amy Mc Donald - This is the life~~] (~~Scotland~~UK, ~~2007~~2000)[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~aVbbYYUMI~~T7ASCgdByDU Vanity Fare -~~c Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf Islam - Father and son] (Ireland, 2004)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyRrb2-fzs One Republic feat. Timabaland - Apologize~~Hitchin' a ride] (USA, ~~2007~~1969)[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~rU_dmrwom6c Moby~~ x- ~~Lift me up] (USA, 2005)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6flyJBobVc Phil Collins~~ G28iyPtz0 Kraftwerk - ~~Can’t stop loving you~~Autobahn] (UKD, ~~2002~~1974)[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~68C~~iRYvuS9OxdA Amy Macdonald -~~r9kSLNE Kraftwerk - Autobahn~~This Is The Life] (DScotland, ~~1974~~2007)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7elJmji7l4 The Crickets - I fought the law] (USA, 1959)

[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~P71bbUYDFpQ~~ CY7JwcKo-LQ Boudewijn de Groot - Jimmy] (NL, 1973)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5IOou6qN1o Muddy Waters - Mannish boy] (USA, 1955)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4 Garbage - Only happy when it rains] (USA, 1995)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7meN_d91Fo Alpenzusjes - Naar voren, naar achter] (NL, 2011)

== Map ==

[https://fusiontables.googleusercontent.com/embedviz?q=select+col2+from+1Eaz6opRUEXUverRsjntUpGfxoRj-7TTh4rD0Idt4&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=47.67914926991487&lng=7.627205000000004&t=1&z=5&l=col2&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML This is a map] on which you can see all the road that I have not painted red while hitch-hiking. Last update: 08.2016.

== Giving lifts ==

I thoroughly enjoy giving lifts as well, whenever possible. If I drive, my eyes automatically scan every logical location for ~~hitchhikers~~hitch-hikers: petrol stations on motorways, bus stops... Sometimes I drive over motorway petrol stations just to be sure that I can offer a lift in case there is a ~~hitchhiker~~hitch-hiker. The first ~~hitchhikers~~ hitch-hikers I took, as far as I remember, were on a bright summer day in the south of Italy. Funnily, the first day I took a hitcher, I also took a second one. The first hitcher literally knocked the door for a short ride downhill, towards a next village on Sicily. The second hitcher the same day I picked up on the first motorway petrol station on continental Italy, right after crossing the Adriatic Ocean from Siciliy. This young Czech traveller rode along for some 400 kilometers. Ever since I love giving rides, it being my second nature, although hitchers remain a rare phenomenon these days.

== Totals and [[User:fverhart/log|log]] ==

As of ~~January 17~~June 29, ~~2014~~ 2023 the total distance covered by ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking amounted roughly to 81228,~~681~~056.5 8 kilometres, a total of ~~1404~~ 3,350 rides, 2470,~~308~~ 646.0 minutes waiting, average distance 5668.4 0 km and an average wait of 018.~~30 minutes~~ 6 seconds per ~~kilometre~~kilometer. [[User:fverhart/log|The full list of journeys can be found by clicking here]]. ~~The average speed of all 60 rides since 15 December 2013 was about 99.1 km/h~~.

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|~~As of January 1, 2014~~||||

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|'''year'''

|'''avg wait'''

|'''avg distance'''

|'''avg wait ~~minutes~~ sec / km'''|'''longest wait min'''|'''longest ride km'''|'''best 24 hrs'''

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|1993/00/01/02

|align="right"|4m34s

|align="right"|8.7 km

|align="right"|31.5|align="right"|15|align="right"|20.0km|align="right"|20.520 km

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|2003

|align="right"|16m32s

|align="right"|46.2 km

|align="right"|21.5|align="right"|75|align="right"|540.0km|align="right"|713.360 km

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|2004

|align="right"|12m53s

|align="right"|45.9 km

|align="right"|16.9|align="right"|95|align="right"|223.0km|align="right"|337.280 km

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|2005

|align="right"|14m05s

|align="right"|49.0 km

|align="right"|17.3|align="right"|160|align="right"|480.0km|align="right"|1125.290 km

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|2006

|align="right"|15m59s

|align="right"|55.6 km

|align="right"|17.3|align="right"|180|align="right"|700.0km|align="right"|884.290 km

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|2007

|align="right"|15m24s

|align="right"|53.9 km

|align="right"|17.1|align="right"|120|align="right"|882.0km|align="right"|969.290 km

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|2008

|align="right"|19m38s

|align="right"|64.8 km

|align="right"|18.2|align="right"|120|align="right"|596.0km|align="right"|1001.305 km

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|2009

|align="right"|19m19s

|align="right"|64.9 km

|align="right"|17.9|align="right"|210|align="right"|1032.0km|align="right"|1086.300 km

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|2010

|align="right"|11m44s

|align="right"|67.3 km

|align="right"|10.5|align="right"|60|align="right"|474.0km|align="right"|1052.279 km

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|2011

|align="right"|30m20s

|align="right"|107.6 km

|align="right"|16.9|align="right"|60|align="right"|393.0km|align="right"|968.283 km

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|2012

|align="right"|18m12s

|align="right"|56.7 km

|align="right"|19.3|align="right"|90|align="right"|541.0km|align="right"|774.324 km

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|2013

|align="right"|14,~~255~~129.0 4 km|align="right"|~~240~~239

|align="right"|19m28s

|align="right"|59.4 1 km|align="right"|19.8|align="right"|175|align="right"|592.0km|align="right"|1208.337 km

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|2014

|align="right"|325,~~426~~910.5 2 km|align="right"|64334|align="right"|~~13m01s~~19m08s|align="right"|5377.5 6 km|align="right"|14.8|align="right"|245|align="right"|821.0km|align="right"|1636.249 km

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|2015|align="right"|36,979.1 km|align="right"|372|align="right"|27m20s|align="right"|99.4 km|align="right"|16.5|align="right"|459|align="right"|1048.0 km|align="right"|1535.0 km|-|2016|align="right"|16,756.9 km|align="right"|263|align="right"|22m13s|align="right"|63.7 km|align="right"|20.9|align="right"|342|align="right"|543.0 km|align="right"|1456.8 km|-|2017|align="right"|16,757.1 km|align="right"|222|align="right"|23m58s|align="right"|75.5 km|align="right"|19.0|align="right"|201|align="right"|921.0 km|align="right"|1562.2 km|-|2018|align="right"|16,529.1 km|align="right"|218|align="right"|23m10s|align="right"|75.8 km|align="right"|18.3|align="right"|160|align="right"|860.0 km|align="right"|1758.1 km|-|2019|align="right"|11,299.9 km|align="right"|119|align="right"|35m18s|align="right"|94.4 km|align="right"|22.4|align="right"|318|align="right"|797.0 km|align="right"|1507.9 km|-|2020|align="right"|1,637.0 km|align="right"|43|align="right"|23m35s|align="right"|38.1 km|align="right"|37.2|align="right"|111|align="right"|185.0 km|align="right"|239.0 km|-|2021|align="right"|3,554.7 km|align="right"|55|align="right"|21m30s|align="right"|64.6 km|align="right"|19.8|align="right"|89|align="right"|906.0 km|align="right"|1010.7 km|-|2022|align="right"|10,472.3 km|align="right"|208|align="right"|19m20s|align="right"|50.8 km|align="right"|23.3|align="right"|455|align="right"|456.0 km|align="right"|1570.7 km|-|2023|align="right"|8,432.4 km|align="right"|115|align="right"|25m13s|align="right"|73.3 km|align="right"|25.2|align="right"|263|align="right"|1435.0 km|align="right"|1770.6 km|-|'''total'''|align="right"|'''83228,~~341~~056.9 8 km'''|align="right"|'''~~1487~~3,350'''|align="right"|'''~~17m10s~~21m05s'''|align="right"|'''5668.0 1 km'''|align="right"|'''018.306'''||||} The following table gives an overview of lifts I have given to ~~hitchhikers~~hitch-hikers, while driving my a car. This table is up to date. {| border="1" width='100%'

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|'''rides given'''

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|~~As of July 1, 2013~~

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|'''year'''

|align="right"|67.8 km

|align="right"|2

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|2014

|align="right"|0.0 km

|align="right"|0

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|2015

|align="right"|31.1 km

|align="right"|1

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|2016

|align="right"|0.0 km

|align="right"|0

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|'''total'''

|align="right"|'''~~702~~733.4 5 km'''|align="right"|'''2021'''

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== Per country ==

~~The last available accurate update of an overview~~ As of ~~all distances hitchhiked per country dates from October 11~~June 29, ~~2013~~2023. Please note that for ~~cross border~~ international rides the number of rides acquired in the country in which the ride started was increased by one. The waiting time ~~for~~ and the ~~concerning ride~~ distance of these rides has been divided over the concerned countries by proportion of the length of a ride. The table contains the following variables: <li>country</li> <li>rides (#)</li> <li>total distance (kms) </li> <li>average distance (kms)</li> <li>total waiting time (minutes)</li> <li>average wait for a ride (minutes)</li> <li>average wait for a kilometer (seconds)</li> <li>average distance internal ride in the country (kms)</li> <li>average distance international ride starting in the country (kms)</li> <li>longest internal ride in the country (kms)</li> <li>longest international ride starting in the country (kms)</li> <li>average driving speed of rides within the country (kmh)</li> <li>highest driving speed of rides within the country (kmh)</li> <li>average driving speed of international rides starting in the country (kmh)</li> <li>highest driving speed of international rides starting in the country (kmh)</li> <li>absolute top speed (peak speed) (kmh)</li> (1) Updated June 1, 2017

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|~~As of October 11, 2013~~(1)|(1)|(1)|(1)|(1)||(1)||

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|'''country'''

|'''rides'''

|'''distance'''

|'''dist avg ~~distance'''|'''share~~'''

|'''wait'''

|'''avg wait / ride'''

|'''avg wait / km'''

|'''dist nat avg'''

|'''dist int avg'''

|'''dist nat top'''

|'''dist int top'''

|'''sp nat avg'''

|'''sp nat top'''

|'''sp int avg'''

|'''sp int top'''

|'''sp peak'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] Germany

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|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] Poland

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|[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia

|align="right"|236|align="right"|11,290.6|align="right"|~~728~~47.8|align="right"|5,726.2|align="right"|24.~~6 km~~3|align="right"|~~121~~30.4 km|align="right"|39.1|align="right"|232.4|align="right"|339.0 %|align="right"|~~151~~543.0|align="right"|82.2 ~~mins~~|align="right"|25162.8|align="right"|78.4|align="right"|160.0|align="right"|210|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria|align="right"|50|align="right"|9,076.2 ~~mins~~|align="right"|181.5|align="right"|3,417.8|align="right"|68.4|align="right"|22.6|align="right"|134.4|align="right"|264.9|align="right"|291.0|align="right"|1,048.0|align="right"|117.8|align="right"|120.~~21 mins~~7|align="right"|98.2|align="right"|150.8|align="right"|170

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic~~Flag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] ~~Czech Republic~~Italy

|align="right"|33

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom~~Flag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] ~~United Kingdom~~Serbia|align="right"|316|align="right"|~~178~~1,024.8 km|align="right"|5964.1|align="right"|382.2|align="right"|23.9|align="right"|22.4|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|83.6 km|align="right"|176.0|align="right"||align="right"|89.~~3 %~~1|align="right"|143.6|align="right"|143.6|align="right"|170|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] Sweden|align="right"|14|align="right"|874.1|align="right"|62.4|align="right"|402.9|align="right"|28.8|align="right"|27.7|align="right"|43.5|align="right"|64.6|align="right"|133.0 ~~mins~~|align="right"|5664.6|align="right"|81.9|align="right"|102.7 ~~mins~~|align="right"|090.1|align="right"|90.~~95 mins~~1|align="right"||-|[[File:~~Flag_of_Slovenia~~Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] ~~Slovenia~~Luxembourg|align="right"|636|align="right"|~~149~~850.4 km|align="right"|2423.~~9 km~~6|align="right"|0388.~~2 %~~3|align="right"|~~158~~10.~~1 mins~~8|align="right"|2627.4 ~~mins~~|align="right"|11.6|align="right"|140.1|align="right"|27.0|align="right"|223.~~06 mins~~0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|80.0|align="right"|123.5|align="right"|

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|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary

~~|align="right"|6~~

~~|align="right"|78.0 km~~

~~|align="right"|13.0 km~~

~~|align="right"|0.1 %~~

~~|align="right"|67.0 mins~~

~~|align="right"|11.2 mins~~

~~|align="right"|0.86 mins~~

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~~|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] Ukraine~~

|align="right"|7

|align="right"|70758.~~6 km~~0|align="right"|10108.~~1 km~~3|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|16.~~1 %~~7|align="right"|559.3|align="right"|13.00|align="right"|294.0 ~~mins~~|align="right"|747.~~9 mins~~8|align="right"|294.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|95.4|align="right"|95.~~78 mins~~4|align="right"|160

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|~~'''total'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="right"|~~'''1320'''~~11|align="right"|~~'''74,345~~664.~~7 km'''~~6|align="right"|~~'''56~~60.~~3 km'''~~4|align="right"|~~'''100~~351.0 ~~%'''~~|align="right"|~~'''21,972~~31.~~0 mins'''~~9|align="right"|~~'''16~~31.~~6 mins'''~~7|align="right"|~~'''0~~50.~~30 mins'''~~2|}align="right"|50.0~~ ~~ ~~ <travelmap countries~~|align="~~nl,de~~right" c2|175.0|align="~~be,pl~~right" c3|86.0|align="~~fr,lu,at,sk,cz,lt,ua,hu,gb~~right" c4||align="grright" ~~width~~||align="~~800~~right" ~~description='Franks hitchological footprint. Red more than 10000 km, yellow 1000 to 10000 km, blue less than 1,000 km. I have not hitchhiked South America (mistake in map).' /> ~~||align=~~= Country of registration of the vehicles ==~~"right"|{| ~~border~~align="1right" ~~width='100%'~~|170

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|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] Lithuania|align="right"|10|align="right"|663.2|align="right"|66.3|align="right"|285.7|align="right"|28.6|align="right"|25.8|align="right"|56.5|align="right"|227.4|align="right"|172.0|align="right"|403.0|align="right"|82.0|align="right"|123.7|align="right"|71.8|align="right"|71.8+|~~As of October 11, 2013~~align="right"|150

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|~~'''country'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="right"|16|align="right"|569.7|align="right"|35.6|align="right"|640.5|align="right"|40.0|align="right"|67.5|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|89.1|~~'''code'''~~align="right"||~~'''rides'''~~align="right"||~~'''share'''~~align="right"|

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_the_Netherlands~~Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] ~~The Netherlands~~Switzerland|align="~~left~~right"|6|align="right"|NL538.3|align="right"|~~643~~89.7|align="right"|48282.7 %|align="right"|72.2|align="right"|31.5|align="right"|68.3|align="right"|562.0|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|562.0|align="right"|105.0|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|95.0|align="right"|95.0|align="right"|190

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Belgium~~Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] ~~Belgium~~Montenegro|align="~~left~~right"|11|align="right"|B198.6|align="right"|~~197~~18.1|align="right"|14149.~~9 %~~8|-align="right"|13.6|~~[[File:Flag_of_Germany~~align="right"|45.~~svg~~3|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|~~30px]] Germany~~|align="~~left~~right"|D|align="right"|~~160~~|align="right"|~~12.1 %~~

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Poland~~Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] ~~Poland~~United Kingdom|align="~~left~~right"|3|align="right"|178.8|align="right"|59.6|align="right"|PL170.0|align="right"|~~157~~56.7|align="right"|1157.~~9 %~~0|align="right"|25.6|align="right"||align="right"|66.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic~~Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] ~~Czech Republic~~Ukraine|align="~~left~~right"|7|align="right"|70.6|align="right"|10.1|align="right"|CZ55.0|align="right"|367.9|align="right"|246.7 %|align="right"|10.1|align="right"|140.0|align="right"|29.0|align="right"|140.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_France~~Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] ~~France~~Liechtenstein|align="~~left~~right"|F0|align="right"|2919.5|align="right"|20.~~2 %~~0|-align="right"|0.0|~~[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg~~align="right"|5.~~svg~~4|align="right"|16.6|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|~~30px]] Luxembourg~~|align="~~left~~right"|L|align="right"|15|align="right"|~~1.1 %~~90

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|~~[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom~~'''total'''|align="right"|'''3,350'''|align="right"|'''228,056.~~svg~~8'''|align="right"|~~30px]] United Kingdom~~'''68.1'''|align="~~left~~right"|UK'''70,646.0'''|align="right"|14'''21.0'''|align="right"|1'''18.6'''|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|'|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|'|} == Country of registration of the vehicles == {| border="1 " width='100%'

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Ukraine~~Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] ~~Ukraine~~Belgium|align="left"|UAB|align="right"|15,376.8|align="right"|9.7|align="right"|0328|align="right"|15.~~5 %~~2|align="right"|46.9|align="right"|98.7

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Lithuania~~Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] ~~Lithuania~~Germany|align="left"|LTD|align="right"|26,209.3|align="right"|16.5|align="right"|0261|align="right"|13.9|align="right"|100.4|align="right"|105.4 %

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Austria~~Flag_of_France.svg|30px]] ~~Austria~~France|align="left"|AF|align="right"|39724.1|align="right"|6.2|align="right"|139|align="right"|5.9|align="right"|70.0|align="right"|97.~~2 %~~1

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|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] Spain

|align="left"|E

|align="right"|1627.1|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|19|align="right"|0.~~1 %~~8|align="right"|85.6|align="right"|93.6

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Turkey~~Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] ~~Turkey~~Lithuania|align="left"|TRLT|align="right"|2157.1|align="right"|1.4|align="right"|16|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|134.8|align="right"|81.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary|align="left"|H|align="right"|1561.8|align="right"|1 %.0|align="right"|14|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|111.6|align="right"|95.0|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] Sweden|align="left"|SE|align="right"|432.2|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|12|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|36.0|align="right"|81.8

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|align="right"|11

|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|131.9|align="right"|100.8 %

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|~~'''total'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="~~right~~left"|SK|align="right"|~~'''1320'''~~763.3|align="right"|~~'''100~~0.~~0 %'''~~5|}align="right"|11|align="right"|0.5{| ~~border~~align="1right" ~~width~~|69.4|align=~~'100%'~~"right"|81.7

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_the_Netherlands~~Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|~~45px~~30px]] ~~'''Registration of the vehicles of rides in The Netherlands'''~~Switzerland|align="left"|CH|align="right"|1008.3|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|9|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|112.0|~~As of October 11, 2013~~align="right"|107.5

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|~~'''country'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark|align="left"|DK|align="right"|407.7|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|9|~~'''code'''~~align="right"|0.4|~~'''rides'''~~align="right"|45.3|~~'''share'''~~align="right"|75.6

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Belgium~~Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] ~~Belgium~~Romania|align="left"|BRO|align="right"|42523.8|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|~~6 %~~4|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|131.0|align="right"|100.5

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Germany~~Flag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] ~~Germany~~Portugal|align="left"|DP|align="right"|28746.0|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|~~4 %~~3|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|248.7|align="right"|82.5

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|~~Not recorded~~[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|30px]] Latvia|align="left"|LV|align="right"|790.0|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|2|align="right"|0.1 %|align="right"|395.0|align="right"|87.8

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|~~'''total'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Turkey.svg|30px]] Turkey|align="left"|TR|align="right"|797.0|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|797.0

|align="right"|

~~|align="right"|'''696'''~~

~~|align="right"|'''100 %'''~~

|}

~~{| border="1" width='100%'~~

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Belgium~~Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|~~40px~~30px]] ~~'''Registration of the vehicles of rides in Belgium'''~~Montenegro|align="left"|MNE|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|262.0|~~As of October 11, 2013~~align="right"|78.2

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|~~'''country'''~~Corps Diplomatique (CD)|~~'''code'''~~align="left"|CD|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|0.2|~~'''rides'''~~align="right"|1|~~'''share'''~~align="right"|0.0|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|122.4

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Belgium~~Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] ~~Belgium~~Belarus|align="left"|BBY|align="right"|~~142~~207.0|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|80 207.0|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="left"|BIH|align="right"|77.6|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|77.6|align="right"||-|Not recorded|align="left"||align="right"|1022.6|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|14|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|73.0|align="right"|83.4|} {| border="1" width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in The Netherlands'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|~~30px~~20px]] The Netherlands

|align="left"|NL

|align="right"|17923|align="right"|10 85 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|78|align="right"|7 %

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|align="right"|4 %

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|align="right"|2 %

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|align="right"|2 %

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|~~[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]]~~Not recorded

|align="left"|

|align="right"|37|align="right"|2 1 %

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|'''total'''

|align="right"|

|align="right"|'''~~175~~1092'''

|align="right"|'''100 %'''

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{| border="1" width='100%'

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|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in Germany'''

|

|As of ~~October 11~~July 26, ~~2013~~2016

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|'''country'''

|'''share'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|~~30px~~20px]] Germany

|align="left"|D

|align="right"|~~124~~188

|align="right"|67 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|~~30px~~20px]] Poland

|align="left"|PL

|align="right"|2031

|align="right"|11 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|~~30px~~20px]] The Netherlands

|align="left"|NL

|align="right"|1623|align="right"|9 8 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|~~30px~~20px]] Belgium

|align="left"|B

|align="right"|812

|align="right"|4 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|~~30px~~20px]] United Kingdom

|align="left"|UK

|align="right"|6~~|align="right"|3 %~~|-~~|[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_France.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]]~~ ~~|align="left"||align="right"|19~~7

|align="right"|2 %

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|~~Not recorded~~[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|2 1 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px]] Lithuania|align="left"|LT|align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|20px]] Hungary|align="left"|H|align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|20px]] |align="left"||align="right"|8|align="right"|3 %|-|Not recorded|align="left"||align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|'''total'''

|align="right"|

|align="right"|'''184'''

{| border="1" width='100%'

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|[[File:~~Flag_of_Poland~~Flag_of_Belgium.svg|~~45px~~40px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in ~~Poland~~Belgium'''

|

|As of ~~October 11~~July 26, ~~2013~~2016

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|'''country'''

|'''share'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|~~30px~~20px]] The Netherlands

|align="left"|NL

|align="right"|429|align="right"|11 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|7

|align="right"|3 %

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|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] Luxembourg|align="left"|L|align="right"|4|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|20px]] |align="left"||align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|'''total'''|align="right"||align="right"|'''~~136~~273'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''

|}

~~== Sociology~~ {| border="1" width='100%'|-~~Under this header I present my freaky statistic on the gender and number~~ |[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|45px]] '''Registration of ~~people in~~ the vehicles ~~in which I got lifts. The average number~~ of ~~people~~ rides starting in vehicles that served me a lift was 1.44, of which 1.02 men and 0.42 women (October 11, 2013). The 1320 vehicles contained already when I, and any co-hitcher, entered the car a total number of 1,908 people, of which 1,349 men, 550 women and 10 people of unknown gender (young children).Poland'''||{| ~~border="1"~~As of July 26, 2016

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|'''~~men / women / unknown~~country'''|'''code'''

|'''rides'''

~~|align="right"~~|'''~~%'''|'''people in vehicle'''|'''people total~~share'''

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|~~0 / 1|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|~~120~~20px]] Poland|align="~~right~~left"|~~9.1~~PL|align="right"|1195|align="right"|~~120~~90 %

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|~~0 / 2|align="right"|25|align="right"|1~~[[File:Flag_of_Germany.9~~|align="right"~~svg|220px]] Germany|align="~~right~~left"|50|-~~|0 / 3~~D

|align="right"|6

~~|align="right"|0.5~~|align="right"|3~~|align="right"|18~~%

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|~~1 / 0|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|~~728~~20px]] Lithuania|align="~~right~~left"|~~55.2~~LT|align="right"|15|align="right"|~~728~~2 %

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|~~1 / 0 / 1~~[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL

|align="right"|5

|align="right"|02 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.4svg|20px]] Czech Republic|align="left"|CZ|align="right"|12|align="right"|101 %

|-

|align="right"|2

|align="right"|~~522~~1 %

|-

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|121 %

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|~~1 / 2~~'''total'''|align="right"|17|align="right"|~~1.3~~'''217'''|align="right"|3'''100 %'''|}{|~~align~~border="~~right~~1"width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in France'''|||51As of July 26, 2016

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|~~1 / 4|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|320px]] France|align="~~right~~left"|~~0.2~~F|align="right"|5118|align="right"|1580 %

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|~~2 / 0|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|8520px]] The Netherlands|align="~~right~~left"|~~6.4~~NL|align="right"|27|align="right"|~~170~~5 %

|-

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|362 %

|-

|-

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|~~3 / 0|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|2220px]] Poland|align="~~right~~left"|~~1.7~~PL|align="right"|32|align="right"|661 %

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|~~3 / 1|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|120px]] Portugal|align="~~right~~left"|~~0.1~~PT|align="right"|42|align="right"|41 %

|-

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|0.2~~|align="right"|4|align="right"|12~~%

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|~~5 / 3~~'''total'''|align="right"|1|align="right"|~~0.1~~'''148'''|align="right"|8'''100 %'''|} == License plate / country distance ratio ==Calculating the ratio of distance by license plate and the distance hitchhiking in the country of that license plate returns a number between zero and infinite. If the number is above 1 it can be said that the people driving cars registered in that country contributed more than average to my hitch-hiking mileage, well on condition that these numbers are based on enough data... The height of the ratio per country depends on several variables such as how inclined people with a plate from the country are to help a hitch-hiker and how well I know the language of that country. {|~~align~~border="~~right~~1"|8width='100%'

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|~~'''total 1,349 / 550 / 10'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] Poland|align="right"|~~'''1~~29,~~320'''~~904.4|align="right"|~~'''100~~17,024.~~0'''~~|8|align="right"|~~'''~~1~~,908'''~~|} Following is a more simplified chart which presents simply the number of people which were already in the cars of my rides. By the way, I do not usually make notes on other individuals of living species already in the cars. ~~Some people had a dog on board.~~ ~~{| border="1"~~76

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|[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia|align="right"|3,822.8|align="right"|614,855.1|align="right"|4.679|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom|align="right"|3,511.8|align="right"|~~183~~178.8|align="right"|919.664

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|4~~|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|1730px]] Italy|align="right"|13,460.30|align="right"|685,052.1|align="right"|3.668

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|6~~|align="right"~~[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|030px]] Lithuania|align="right"|02,157.1|align="right"|0663.2|align="right"|03.25

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|~~'''total'''~~[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|~~'''1,320'''~~30px]] Ukraine|align="right"|~~'''100~~1,251.~~0'''~~6|align="right"|~~'''1,908'''~~70.6|align="right"|~~'''100.0'''~~|} ~~== Rides of over 250 kms ==~~ ~~As of January~~ 17~~, 2014~~. ~~{| border="1"~~7

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|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|30px]] Latvia

|align="right"|790.0

|align="right"|.0

|align="right"|8

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|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] Portugal

|align="right"|746.0

|align="right"|.0

|align="right"|8

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|[[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] Romania

|align="right"|523.8

|align="right"|0.0

|align="right"|8

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|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark

|align="right"|407.7

|align="right"|671.8

|align="right"|.61

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|[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro

|align="right"|262.0

|align="right"|.0

|align="right"|8

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|[[~~Belgium~~File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|B30px]]Belarus|~~[[Blegny]]~~align="right"|~~[[Germany|D]]|[[Berlin]]~~207.0|align="right"|05.~~2007~~0|align="right"|~~690 km|UK~~|M8

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|[[File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] Liechtenstein

|align="right"|0

|align="right"|19.5

|align="right"|.00

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== Type of hitching spot ==

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The following tables gives an overview of hitch-hiking experiences related to the type of the hitch-hiking spot. It includes the following variables:

<ul>

<li>country of departure</li>

<li>type of hitch-hiking spot</li>

<li>number of experiences</li>

<li>the share (%) of experiences on this type of spot</li>

<li>average distance of the rides in kilometers</li>

<li>average waiting time of the rides in minutes</li>

<li>average waiting time per kilometer in seconds</li>

<li>subjective quality ranking</li>

</ul>

This table gives an overall overview of all 1746 rides until December 22, 2014.

<th align="left">Country</th>

<th align="left">Number</th>

<th align="left">Share %</th>

<th align="left">Distance</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway parking</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Border crossing</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway end</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Official hitch-hiking spot</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Toll station</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway service station</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway beginning</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">National road</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Harbour area</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway access lane</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Local road</td>

</tr>

</table>

[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]]

This table gives an overall overview of all 805 rides starting in The Netherlands until May 9, 2014.

<th align="left">Country</th>

<th align="left">Number</th>

<th align="left">Share %</th>

<th align="left">Distance</th>

</tr>

<tr>