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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]].

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).

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.

[httphttps://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)

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

[httphttps://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] (ScotlandUK, 20072000)[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVbbYYUMIT7ASCgdByDU 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 - ApologizeHitchin' a ride] (USA, 20071969)[httphttps://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 youAutobahn] (UKD, 20021974)[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68CiRYvuS9OxdA Amy Macdonald -r9kSLNE Kraftwerk - AutobahnThis Is The Life] (DScotland, 19742007)

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

I thoroughly enjoy giving lifts as well, whenever possible. If I drive, my eyes automatically scan every logical location for hitchhikershitch-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 hitchhikerhitch-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.

As of January 17June 29, 2014 2023 the total distance covered by hitchhiking hitch-hiking amounted roughly to 81228,681056.5 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 kilometrekilometer. [[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.

|As of May 9, 2014||||

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="right"|14,255129.0 4 km|align="right"|240239

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

|align="right"|325,852910.2 km|align="right"|73334|align="right"|13m05s19m08s|align="right"|5277.7 6 km|align="right"|14.8|align="right"|245|align="right"|821.0km|align="right"|1636.259 km

|'''total'''2015|align="right"|'''8336,657979.0 1 km'''|align="right"|'''1496'''372|align="right"|'''16m36s'''27m20s|align="right"|'''5699.0 4 km'''|align="right"|'''016.30'''5|}align="right"|459  The following table gives an overview of lifts I have given to hitchhikers, while driving my car|align="right"|1048. 0 km {| borderalign="1right" width='100%'|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"|'''228,056.8 km'''|align="right"|'''3,350'''|align="right"|'''21m05s'''|align="right"|'''68.1 km'''|align="right"|'''18.6'''||||}  The following table gives an overview of lifts I have given to hitch-hikers, while driving a car. This table is up to date. {| border="1" width='100%'|-|'''rides given'''||As of July 1, 2013

|align="right"|'''702733.4 5 km'''|align="right"|'''2021'''

The last available accurate update of an overview As of all distances hitchhiked per country dates from October 11June 29, 20132023. 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

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

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

|align="right"|185376|align="right"|2871,104.5|align="right"|189.1821|align="right"|14,374.5|align="right"|38.2|align="right"|12.1|align="right"|114.7 km|align="right"|152208.3 km2|align="right"|37660.9 %0|align="right"|5,928716.0 mins|align="right"|32114.8|align="right"|156.0 mins|align="right"|96.0|align="right"|160.21 mins5|align="right"|240

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] The Netherlands|align="right"|6971,657|align="right"|66,341.2|align="right"|40.0|align="right"|2724,810219.7|align="right"|14.6 km|align="right"|21.9|align="right"|39.9 km6|align="right"|105.8|align="right"|265.0|align="right"|704.0|align="right"|3794.4 %|align="right"|9,028141.3 mins6|align="right"|13104.2 mins0|align="right"|0152.32 mins6|align="right"|200

|[[File:Flag_of_BelgiumFlag_of_France.svg|30px]] BelgiumFrance|align="right"|174194|align="right"|719,046948.2|align="right"|102.8 km|align="right"|405,071.5 km9|align="right"|26.1|align="right"|15.3|align="right"|970.5 %0|align="right"|2,644193.9 mins3|align="right"|15687.2 mins0|align="right"|612.0|align="right"|95.38 mins7|align="right"|133.5|align="right"|88.7|align="right"|119.6|align="right"|170

|align="right"|137225|align="right"|17,127.6|align="right"|76.1|align="right"|3,809945.0|align="right"|17.9 km5|align="right"|13.8|align="right"|4962.7 km|align="right"|9412.3|align="right"|462.2 %0|align="right"|21,126032.0 mins|align="right"|1592.5 mins6|align="right"|177.6|align="right"|113.9|align="right"|0133.31 mins9|align="right"|210

|[[File:Flag_of_AustriaFlag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] AustriaBelgium|align="right"|8308|align="right"|14,370.1|align="right"|91646.7 km|align="right"|1144,927.3|align="right"|16.0|align="right"|20.6 km|align="right"|130.9|align="right"|69.2 %|align="right"|204151.0|align="right"|680.7 mins0|align="right"|95.3|align="right"|125.5|align="right"|2594.6 mins8|align="right"|134.0.22 mins|align="right"|190

|align="right"|236|align="right"|11,290.6|align="right"|72847.8|align="right"|5,726.2|align="right"|24.6 km3|align="right"|12130.4 km|align="right"|39.1|align="right"|232.4|align="right"|339.0 %|align="right"|151543.0|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 mins7|align="right"|98.2|align="right"|150.8|align="right"|170

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_RepublicFlag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] Czech RepublicItaly

|align="right"|6985,191.0 km1|align="right"|157.3|align="right"|1,918.7|align="right"|58.1|align="right"|2122.2 km|align="right"|102.6|align="right"|298.1|align="right"|467.0|align="right"|969.0|align="right"|98.7|align="right"|153.9 %|align="right"|40591.0 mins2|align="right"|12128.3 mins1|align="right"|0.58 mins170

|[[File:Flag_of_SlovakiaFlag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]] SlovakiaSlovenia|align="right"|1149|align="right"|6643,251.6 km0|align="right"|66.3|align="right"|1,922.5|align="right"|39.2|align="right"|35.5|align="right"|40.8|align="right"|60111.4 km8|align="right"|154.0|align="right"|911.9 %0|align="right"|35196.0 mins4|align="right"|125.3|align="right"|3189.9 mins6|align="right"|0138.53 mins5|align="right"|190

|[[File:Flag_of_FranceFlag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] FranceCzech Republic|align="right"|1857|align="right"|4922,139.7 km4|align="right"|37.5|align="right"|869.2|align="right"|15.2|align="right"|2724.4 km|align="right"|20.2|align="right"|450.9|align="right"|183.0|align="right"|797.0|align="right"|88.7 %0|align="right"|276118.1 mins|align="right"|1598.3 mins8|align="right"|0115.56 mins7|align="right"|160

|[[File:Flag_of_LuxembourgFlag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] LuxembourgSpain|align="right"|2519|align="right"|4541,073.9 km|align="right"|1856.5|align="right"|625.1|align="right"|32.9|align="right"|34.9|align="right"|51.7|align="right"|195.2 km|align="right"|226.0|align="right"|336.6 %0|align="right"|28687.4|align="right"|109.2|align="right"|88.7 mins|align="right"|1196.5 mins0|align="right"|0.63 mins

|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_KingdomFlag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] United KingdomSerbia|align="right"|316|align="right"|1781,024.8 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"|170143.0 mins6|align="right"|56143.7 mins6|align="right"|0.95 mins170

|[[File:Flag_of_SloveniaFlag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] SloveniaSweden|align="right"|614|align="right"|874.1|align="right"|14962.4 km|align="right"|24402.9 km|align="right"|28.8|align="right"|27.7|align="right"|43.5|align="right"|64.6|align="right"|133.0|align="right"|64.6|align="right"|81.9|align="right"|102.7|align="right"|90.2 %1|align="right"|15890.1 mins|align="right"|26|-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] Luxembourg|align="right"|36|align="right"|850.4|align="right"|23.6|align="right"|388.3|align="right"|10.8|align="right"|27.4 mins|align="right"|11.6|align="right"|140.1|align="right"|27.0|align="right"|223.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|80.0|align="right"|123.06 mins5|align="right"|

|align="right"|67|align="right"|78758.0 km|align="right"|108.3|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|16.7|align="right"|9.3|align="right"|13.0 km|align="right"|294.0|align="right"|47.8|align="right"|294.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|95.1 %4|align="right"|6795.4|align="right"|160|-|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark|align="right"|8|align="right"|671.8|align="right"|84.0 mins|align="right"|127.3|align="right"|11.2 mins4|align="right"|15.9|align="right"|21.4|align="right"|515.5|align="right"|46.5|align="right"|786.0|align="right"|69.9|align="right"|81.5|align="right"|81.9|align="right"|82.86 mins5|align="right"|

|[[File:Flag_of_UkraineFlag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] UkraineSlovakia|align="right"|711|align="right"|70664.6 km|align="right"|1060.1 km4|align="right"|351.0|align="right"|31.9|align="right"|31.1 %7|align="right"|5550.2|align="right"|50.0 mins|align="right"|7175.9 mins0|align="right"|86.0.78 mins|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|170

|align="right"|410|align="right"|663.2|align="right"|66.3|align="right"|62285.4 km7|align="right"|1528.6 km|align="right"|25.8|align="right"|56.5|align="right"|227.4|align="right"|172.0|align="right"|403.1 %0|align="right"|12082.0 mins|align="right"|30123.7|align="right"|71.0 mins8|align="right"|171.92 mins8+|align="right"|150

|'''total'''[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="right"|'''1320'''16|align="right"|'''74,345569.7 km'''|align="right"|'''5635.3 km'''6|align="right"|'''100640.0 %'''5|align="right"|'''21,97240.0 mins'''|align="right"|'''1667.6 mins'''5|align="right"|'''0.30 mins'''|}<br> <br><travelmap countriesalign="nl,deright" c2||align="be,plright" c3||align="fr,lu,at,sk,cz,lt,ua,hu,gbright" c4||align="grright" width||align="800right" description='Franks hitchological footprint|89. 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).' /><br>|align="right"||align== Country of registration of the vehicles =="right"|{| borderalign="1right" width='100%'|

|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] Switzerland|align="right"|6|align="right"|538.3|align="right"|89.7|align="right"|282.7|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|As of October 11, 2013align="right"|190

|'''country'''[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro|align="right"|11|align="right"|198.6|align="right"|18.1|align="right"|149.8|align="right"|13.6|align="right"|45.3|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||'''code'''align="right"||'''rides'''align="right"||'''share'''align="right"|

|[[File:Flag_of_the_NetherlandsFlag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] The NetherlandsUnited Kingdom|align="leftright"|3|align="right"|178.8|align="right"|NL59.6|align="right"|643170.0|align="right"|4856.7 %|-align="right"|57.0|[[File:Flag_of_Belgiumalign="right"|25.svg6|align="right"||align="right"|66.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|30px]] Belgium|align="leftright"|B|align="right"|197|align="right"|14.9 %

|[[File:Flag_of_GermanyFlag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] GermanyUkraine|align="leftright"|D7|align="right"|16070.6|align="right"|1210.1 %|align="right"|55.0|align="right"|7.9|align="right"|46.7|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"|

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandFlag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] PolandLiechtenstein|align="leftright"|0|align="right"|19.5|align="right"|PL0.0|align="right"|1570.0|align="right"|115.9 %4|align="right"|16.6|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|90

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg'''total'''|align="right"|30px]] Czech Republic'''3,350'''|align="leftright"|CZ'''228,056.8'''|align="right"|36'''68.1'''|align="right"|2'''70,646.7 %0'''|-align="right"|'''21.0'''|[[File:Flag_of_Francealign="right"|'''18.svg6'''|align="right"|30px]] France|align="leftright"|F|align="right"|29|align="right"|2.2 %'|-align="right"||[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svgalign="right"|30px]] Luxembourg|align="leftright"|L|align="right"|15|align="right"|'|} == Country of registration of the vehicles == {| border="1.1 " width='100%'

|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|14|align="right"|1.1 %As of July 26, 2016

|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg'''country'''|30px]] Hungary'''code'''|align="left"'''distance km'''|H'''distance %'''|align="right"'''rides'''|11'''rides %'''|align="right"'''distance avg'''|0.8 %'''speed kmh''' (since December 15, 2013

|[[File:Flag_of_SlovakiaFlag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] SlovakiaThe Netherlands|align="left"|SKNL|align="right"|946,911.5|align="right"|029.7 %|align="right"|992|align="right"|42.2|align="right"|47.3 |align="right"|97.6

|[[File:Flag_of_CroatiaFlag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] CroatiaBelgium|align="left"|HRB|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

|[[File:Flag_of_UkraineFlag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] UkraineGermany|align="left"|UAD|align="right"|726,209.3|align="right"|016.5 %|align="right"|261|align="right"|13.9|align="right"|100.4|align="right"|105.4

|[[File:Flag_of_LithuaniaFlag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] LithuaniaPoland|align="left"|LTPL|align="right"|527,904.4|align="right"|17.7|align="right"|257|align="right"|10.9|align="right"|108.6|align="right"|095.4 %

|[[File:Flag_of_SloveniaFlag_of_France.svg|30px]] SloveniaFrance|align="left"|SLOF|align="right"|49724.1|align="right"|6.2|align="right"|139|align="right"|5.9|align="right"|70.0|align="right"|97.3 %1

|[[File:Flag_of_AustriaFlag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] AustriaCroatia|align="left"|AHR|align="right"|3822.8|align="right"|2.4|align="right"|84|align="right"|3.6|align="right"|045.2 %5|align="right"|79.7

|[[File:Flag_of_DenmarkFlag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] DenmarkCzech Republic|align="left"|DKCZ|align="right"|2461.6|align="right"|1.6|align="right"|59|align="right"|2.5|align="right"|41.7|align="right"|099.2 %5

|[[File:Flag_of_RomaniaFlag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] RomaniaItaly|align="left"|ROI|align="right"|3460.0|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|028|align="right"|1.2 %|align="right"|123.6|align="right"|98.8

|[[File:Flag_of_SerbiaFlag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] SerbiaUnited Kingdom|align="left"|SRBUK|align="right"|3511.8|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|21|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|167.2 %|align="right"|98.1

|[[File:Flag_of_BelarusFlag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] BelarusLuxembourg|align="left"|BYL|align="right"|1615.6|align="right"|0.1 %4|align="right"|21|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|29.3|align="right"|105.8

|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_HerzegovinaFlag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]] Bosnia and HerzegovinaSlovenia|align="left"|BIHSLO|align="right"|1863.9|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|20|align="right"|0.1 %8|align="right"|93.2|align="right"|83.4

|[[File:Flag_of_BulgariaFlag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] BulgariaSpain|align="left"|BGE|align="right"|1627.1|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|19|align="right"|0.1 %8|align="right"|85.6|align="right"|93.6

|[[File:Flag_of_PortugalFlag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] PortugalLithuania|align="left"|PLT|align="right"|2157.1|align="right"|1.4|align="right"|16|align="right"|0.1 %7|align="right"|134.8|align="right"|81.8

|[[File:Flag_of_SpainFlag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] SpainHungary|align="left"|EH|align="right"|1561.8|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|14|align="right"|0.1 %6|align="right"|111.6|align="right"|95.0

|[[File:Flag_of_TurkeyFlag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] TurkeySweden|align="left"|TRSE|align="right"|1432.2|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|12|align="right"|0.1 %5|align="right"|36.0|align="right"|81.8

|Not recorded[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria|align="left"|A|align="right"|1450.5|align="right"|0.9

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

|'''total'''[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="rightleft"|SK|align="right"|'''1320'''763.3|align="right"|'''1000.0 %'''5|}align="right"|11|align="right"|0.5{| borderalign="1right" width|69.4|align='100%'"right"|81.7

|[[File:Flag_of_the_NetherlandsFlag_of_Switzerland.svg|45px30px]] '''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, 2013align="right"|107.5

|'''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

|[[File:Flag_of_the_NetherlandsFlag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] The NetherlandsUkraine|align="left"|NLUA|align="right"|6011251.6|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|86 %8|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|156.5|align="right"|82.6

|[[File:Flag_of_BelgiumFlag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] BelgiumRomania|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

|[[File:Flag_of_GermanyFlag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] GermanyPortugal|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

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandFlag_of_Bulgaria.svg|30px]] PolandBulgaria|align="left"|PLBG|align="right"|9403.0|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|3|align="right"|0.1 %|align="right"|134.3|align="right"|83.5

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_RepublicFlag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svgSerbia|align="left"|SRB|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Spain.svgalign="right"|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_France381.svg5|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svgalign="right"|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg0.svg2|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svgalign="right"|30px]]3|align="leftright"|0.1|align="right"|19127.2|align="right"|102.2 %

|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

|'''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

|[[File:Flag_of_BelgiumFlag_of_Montenegro.svg|40px30px]] Montenegro|align="left"|MNE|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|78.2|-|Corps Diplomatique (CD)|align="left"|CD|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|122.4|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] Belarus|align="left"|BY|align="right"|207.0|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|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 BelgiumThe Netherlands'''

|As of October 11July 26, 20132016

|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|142|align="right"|80 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px20px]] The Netherlands

|align="right"|17923|align="right"|10 85 %

|[[File:Flag_of_FranceFlag_of_Belgium.svg|30px20px]] FranceBelgium|align="left"|FB|align="right"|778|align="right"|4 7 %

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px20px]] Germany

|align="right"|345|align="right"|2 4 %

|[[File:Flag_of_LuxembourgFlag_of_Poland.svg|30px20px]] LuxembourgPoland|align="left"|LPL|align="right"|317

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandFlag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px20px]]

|align="right"|323

|align="right"|'''1751092'''

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

|As of October 11July 26, 20132016

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px20px]] Germany

|align="right"|124188

|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px20px]] Poland

|align="right"|2031

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px20px]] The Netherlands

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

|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px20px]] Belgium

|align="right"|812

|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px20px]] United Kingdom

|align="right"|67|align="right"|3 2 %

|[[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|30px20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|193|align="right"|2 1 %

|Not recorded[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px]] Lithuania|align="left"|LT

|align="right"|2 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'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandFlag_of_Belgium.svg|45px40px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in PolandBelgium'''

|As of October 11July 26, 20132016

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandFlag_of_Belgium.svg|30px20px]] PolandBelgium|align="left"|PLB|align="right"|124223|align="right"|91 82 %

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px20px]] The Netherlands

|align="right"|429|align="right"|11 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|7|align="right"|3 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|7

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_RepublicFlag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px20px]]Luxembourg|align="left"|L|align="right"|84|align="right"|6 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"|'''136273'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''

 == Type of hitching spot {| border="1" width='100%'|-This page will only display with nice sortable tables if you do not use the |[[SpecialFile:Preferences#mw-prefsection-renderingFlag_of_Poland.svg|Hitchwiki CSS45px]] skin.'''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in Poland'''||The following tables gives an overview |As of hitchhiking experiences related to the type of the hitchhiking spot. It includes the following variables:July 26, 2016<ul>|- <li>|'''country of departure</li>'''|'''code''' <li>type of hitchhiking spot</li>|'''rides'''|'''share''' <li>number of experience</li>|- <li>the share (%) of experiences of this spot compared to overall</li>|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] Poland|align="left"|PL <li>average distance of the rides in kilometers</li>|align="right"|195|align="right"|90 % <li>average waiting time of the rides in minutes</li>|- <li>average waiting time per kilometer in seconds</li>|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany <li>subjective quality ranking</li>|align="left"|D</ul>|align="right"|6|align="right"|3 %This table gives an overall overview of all 1494 rides until May 9, 2014|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px]] Lithuania<table class|align="sortable wikitableleft" style|LT|align="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;right">|5<tr valign|align="topright">|2 % <th align|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"><b>Country</b></th>|NL <th |align="leftright"><b>Type</b></th>|5 <th |align="leftright"><b>Number</b></th>|2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|20px]] Czech Republic <th |align="left"><b>Share %</b></th>|CZ <th |align="leftright"><b>Distance</b></th>|2 <th |align="leftright"><b>Wait</b></th>|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|20px]] Ukraine <th |align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th>|UA|align="right"|2 <th |align="leftright"><b>Rank</b></th>|1 %|-</tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]]<tr> <td |align="left">All</td>| <td |align="leftright">Motorway parking</td>|3 <td |align="right">9</td>|1 % <td |-|'''total'''|align="right">1</td>| <td |align="right">229.6</td>|'''217''' <td |align="right">19.4</td>|'''100 %'''|} <td align{| border="right1">5</td> <td alignwidth="right">OO</td>'100%'</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in France'''| <td align="left">All</td>| <td align|As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left">Motorway</td> <td |F|align="right">15</td>|118 <td |align="right">1</td>|80 %|- <td align="right">91|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.1</td>svg|20px]] The Netherlands <td |align="rightleft">16.2</td>|NL <td |align="right">11</td>|7 <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|5 %</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium <td |align="left">All</td>|B <td align="left">Border crossing</td> <td |align="right">10</td>|5 <td |align="right">1</td>|3 % <td |-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|20px]] Switzerland|align="left"|CH|align="right">152.9</td>|3 <td |align="right">29|2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.0</td>svg|20px]] Germany <td |align="rightleft">11</td>|D <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|2|align="right"|1 %</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|20px]] Italy <td |align="left">All</td>|I <td |align="leftright">Motorway end</td>|2 <td |align="right">3</td>|1 % <td align="right|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] Poland|align="left">0</td>|PL <td |align="right">63.|2</td> <td |align="right">13|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.3</td>svg|20px]] Portugal <td |align="rightleft">13</td>|PT <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|2</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|1 %|- <td align|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|20px]] Spain|align="left">Official hitchhiking spot</td>|E <td |align="right">86</td>|2 <td |align="right">6</td>|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]] United Kingdom <td |align="rightleft">72.3</td>|UK <td |align="right">15.9</td>|2 <td |align="right">13</td>|1 % <td align="right">OOO</td>|-</tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|20px]] <tr> <td |align="left">All</td>| <td |align="leftright">Toll station</td>|3 <td |align="right">4</td>|2 %|-|'''total''' <td |align="right">0</td> <td ||align="right">190.2</td>|'''148''' <td |align="right">47.0</td>|'''100 %'''|}  <td align="right">15</td> <td align="right">OOOO</td>License plate / country distance ratio ==</tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td alignCalculating 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.  {| border="left1">Motorway service station</td>width='100%' <td align="right">428<|-|'''License plate /td>country distance ratio'''| <td align="right">29</td>| <td align="right">101.3</td>|As of July 26, 2016|- <td align="right">29.3</td>|'''country''' <td align="right">17</td>|'''distance license plate km'''|'''distance country km'''|'''ratio'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] Netherlands <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|46,911.5</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|42,548.9 <td |align="leftright">Motorway beginning</td>|1.10|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] Poland <td |align="right">25</td>|29,904.4 <td |align="right">2</td> <td align="right">57|17,024.0</td>8 <td |align="right">16|1.5</td>76 <td |-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] Germany|align="right">17</td>|26,209.3 <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|50,620.4|align="right"|.52</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] Belgium <td |align="leftright">All</td>|15,376.8 <td |align="leftright">National road</td>|12,468.8 <td |align="right">152</td>|1.23 <td align="right">10</td>|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|30px]] France <td |align="right">46|9,724.1</td> <td |align="right">18|13,599.5</td>0 <td |align="right">24</td>|.72|-|[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia <td |align="right">OOO</td>|3,822.8</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|4,855.1 <td align|align="leftright">Harbour area</td>|.79|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom <td |align="right">1</td>|3,511.8 <td |align="right">0</td>|178.8 <td |align="right">103|19.0</td>64|- <td align="right">45|[[File:Flag_of_Italy.0</td>svg|30px]] Italy <td |align="right">26</td>|3,460.0 <td |align="right">OOO</td>|5,052.1|align="right"|.68</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] Czech Republic <td |align="leftright">All</td>|2,461.6 <td |align="leftright">Motorway access lane</td>|2,139.4 <td |align="right">342</td>|1.15 <td |-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] Lithuania|align="right">23</td>|2,157.1 <td |align="right">35|663.8</td>2 <td |align="right">15|3.25|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.8</td>svg|30px]] Slovenia <td |align="right">26</td>|1,863.9 <td |align="right">OOO</td>|1,406.2</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|1.32|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria <td |align="leftright">Local road</td>|1,450.5 <td |align="right">420</td>|2,879.8 <td |align="right">28</td>|.50|-|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] Spain <td |align="right">17|1,627.7</td>1 <td |align="right">10|1,052.2</td>9 <td |align="right">35</td>|1.54|- <td |[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary|align="right">OO</td>|1,561.8</tr>|align="right"|78.0</table>|align="right"|20.00|-This table gives an overall overview of all 1494 rides until May 9, 2014|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] Ukraine<table class|align="sortable wikitableright" style|1,251.6|align="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;right">|70.6<tr valign|align="topright">|17.7|-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] Switzerland <th |align="leftright"><b>Country</b></th>|1,008.3 <th |align="leftright"><b>Type</b></th>|205.0 <th |align="leftright"><b>Number</b></th>|4.9|- <th align="left"><b>Share %</b></th>|[[File:Flag_of_Turkey.svg|30px]] Turkey <th |align="leftright"><b>Distance</b></th>|797.0|align="right"|.0 <th |align="leftright"><b>Wait</b></th>|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|30px]] Latvia <th |align="leftright"><b>Wait s/km</b></th>|790.0|align="right"|.0 <th |align="leftright"><b>Rank</b></th>|8|-</tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia<tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|763.6 <td align="left">Motorway parking</td> <td |align="right">9</td>|664.6 <td |align="right">|1</td>.15|-|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] Portugal <td |align="right">229|746.6</td>0 <td |align="right">19|.4</td> <td 0|align="right">5</td>|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] Luxembourg <td |align="right">OO</td>|615.6</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|751.0 <td |align="leftright">Motorway</td>|.82 <td |-|[[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] Romania|align="right">15</td>|523.8 <td |align="right">1</td>|0.0 <td |align="right">91|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.1</td>svg|30px]] Sweden <td |align="right">16|432.2</td> <td |align="right">11</td>|874.1 <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|.49</tr>|-<tr>|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark <td |align="leftright">All</td>|407.7 <td |align="leftright">Border crossing</td>|671.8 <td |align="right">10</td>|.61 <td |-|[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|30px]] Bulgaria|align="right">1</td>|403.0 <td |align="right">152|.9</td>0 <td |align="right">29|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Serbia.0</td>svg|30px]] Serbia <td |align="right">11</td>|381.5 <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|.0</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|8|- <td align=|[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro|align="leftright">Motorway end</td>|262.0 <td |align="right">3</td>|.0 <td |align="right">0</td>|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] Belarus <td |align="right">63|207.2</td>0 <td |align="right">13|.3</td>0 <td |align="right">13</td>|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina <td |align="right">OOOO</td>|77.6</tr><tr> <td |align="leftright">All</td>|9.2 <td |align="leftright">Official hitchhiking spot</td>|8.43|-|[[File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] Liechtenstein <td |align="right">86</td>|0 <td |align="right">6</td>|19.5 <td |align="right">72|.3</td>00|}  <td align="right">15.9</td> <td align="right">13</td>Type of hitching spot ==  <td align="right"This page will only display with nice sortable tables if you do not use the [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|Hitchwiki CSS]] skin. 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>OOOcountry of departure</tdli> <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.<table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>Country</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Type</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Number</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Share %</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Rank</b></th>

<td align="left">Toll stationMotorway parking</td> <td align="right">410</td> <td align="right">01</td> <td align="right">190221.21</td> <td align="right">4722.0</td> <td align="right">156</td> <td align="rightleft">OOOOOO</td>

<td align="left">Motorway service station</td> <td align="right">428</td> <td align="right">29</td> <td align="right">101.3</td> <td align="right">29.3</td>

<td align="right">OOOO1</td> <td align="right">108.7</td> <td align="right">23.2</td> <td align="right">13 </td> <td align="left">OOO</td>

<td align="left">Motorway beginningBorder crossing</td> <td align="right">12</td> <td align="right">251</td> <td align="right">2192.9</td> <td align="right">5726.0</td> <td align="right">168</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td align="left">Motorway end</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">63.52</td> <td align="right">1713.3</td> <td align="right">13</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td>

<td align="left">National roadOfficial hitch-hiking spot</td> <td align="right">15286</td> <td align="right">106</td> <td align="right">4672.13</td> <td align="right">1815.59</td> <td align="right">2413</td> <td align="rightleft">OOO</td>

<td align="left">Harbour areaToll station</td> <td align="right">17</td>

<td align="right">103172.06</td> <td align="right">4534.09</td> <td align="right">2612</td> <td align="rightleft">OOOOOOO</td>

<td align="left">Motorway access laneservice station</td> <td align="right">342523</td> <td align="right">2330</td> <td align="right">35110.82</td> <td align="right">1523.89</td> <td align="right">2613</td> <td align="rightleft">OOOOOOO</td>

<td align="left">Motorway beginning</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">36.2</td> <td align="right">16.7</td> <td align="right">28</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td align="left">National road</td> <td align="right">190</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td align="right">51.8</td> <td align="right">19.4</td> <td align="right">23</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td align="left">Harbour area</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">103.0</td> <td align="right">45.0</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td align="left">Motorway access lane</td> <td align="right">413</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">35.6</td> <td align="right">15.0</td> <td align="right">25</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">All</td> <td align="left">Local road</td> <td align="right">420455</td> <td align="right">2826</td> <td align="right">17.75</td>

<td align="rightleft">OO</td>

== Sociology ==[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]]Under this header I present my freaky statistic on the gender and number This table gives an overall overview of people all 805 rides starting in the vehicles in which I got lifts. <b>The average number of people in vehicles that served me a lift was 1.44Netherlands</b> until May 9, of which 12014.02 men and 0.42 women (October 11, 2013). The 1320 vehicles contained already when I, and any co<table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-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).collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>Country</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Type</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Number</b></th>{| border <th align="1left"><b>Share %</b></th>|- <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th>|'''men <th align="left"><b>Wait</ women b></ unknown'''th>|'''rides''' <th align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th>| <th align="rightleft"|'''%'''><b>Rank</b></th></tr>|'''people in vehicle'''<tr>|'''people total''' <td align="left">Netherlands</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway</td>|0 <td align="right">11</ td> <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right"|120>63.6</td>| <td align="right"|9>13.10</td>| <td align="right"|1>12</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Netherlands</td> <td align="left">Motorway end</td>| <td align="right"|120>3</td>|-| <td align="right">0 </ 2td>| <td align="right"|25>63.2</td>| <td align="right"|1>13.93</td>| <td align="right"|2>13</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr>| <td align="rightleft"|50>Netherlands</td>| <td align="left">Official hitch-hiking spot</td>|0 <td align="right">86</ 3td>| <td align="right"|6>11</td>| <td align="right"|0>72.53</td>| <td align="right"|3>15.9</td>| <td align="right"|18>13</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Netherlands</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway service station</td>|1 <td align="right">251</ 0td>| <td align="right"|728>31</td>| <td align="right"|55>66.27</td>| <td align="right"|1>19.7</td>| <td align="right"|728>18</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr>|- <td align="left">Netherlands</td>|1 <td align="left">Motorway beginning</ 0 td> <td align="right">11</ td> <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right"|5>29.9</td>| <td align="right"|0>9.45</td>| <td align="right"|1>19</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Netherlands</td> <td align="left">National road</td>| <td align="right"|>10</td>|-| <td align="right">1 </ 1td>| <td align="right"|261>40.5</td>| <td align="right"|19>18.9</td>| <td align="right"|2>28</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Netherlands</td> <td align="left">Motorway access lane</td>| <td align="right"|522>223</td>|- <td align="right">28</td>| <td align="right">28.1 </td> <td align="right">14.8</td> <td align="right">32</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Netherlands</ 1 td> <td align="left">Local road</td> <td align="right">210</ 1td>| <td align="right"|4>26</td>| <td align="right"|0>21.37</td>| <td align="right"|>9.3</td>| <td align="right">26</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr></table>[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|1230px]]This table gives an overall overview of all 209 rides starting in <b>Belgium</b> until May 9, 2014.|<table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>Country</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Type</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Number</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Share %</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Rank</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">Belgium</td>| <td align="left">Motorway parking</td> <td align="right">1 </ 2td>| <td align="right"|17>0</td>| <td align="right"|1>53.4</td> <td align="right">3.0</td>| <td align="right"|>3</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr>|<tr> <td align="rightleft"|51>Belgium</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway</td>| <td align="right">1 </ 3td>| <td align="right"|4>0</td>| <td align="right"|>148.0</td> <td align="right">20.30</td>| <td align="right"|4>8</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr><tr>| <td align="rightleft"|16>Belgium</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway service station</td>|1 <td align="right">33</ 4td>| <td align="right"|3>16</td>| <td align="right"|0>85.28</td>| <td align="right"|5>19.7</td>| <td align="right"|15>14</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr>|- <td align="left">Belgium</td>|2 <td align="left">Motorway beginning</ 0td>| <td align="right"|85>13</td>| <td align="right"|>6</td> <td align="right">24.41</td>| <td align="right"|2>14.5</td>| <td align="right"|170>36</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Belgium</td>|- <td align="left">National road</td>|2 <td align="right">56</ 1td>| <td align="right"|12>27</td>| <td align="right"|0>20.98</td>| <td align="right"|>10.3</td>| <td align="right"|36>30</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Belgium</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway access lane</td>|2 <td align="right">75</ 2td>| <td align="right"|9>36</td>| <td align="right"|0>39.74</td>| <td align="right"|4>15.2</td>| <td align="right"|36>23</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Belgium</td>|- <td align="left">Local road</td>|2 <td align="right">30</ 3td>| <td align="right"|1>14</td>| <td align="right"|0>15.16</td>| <td align="right"|5>9.8</td>| <td align="right">38</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr></table> [[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|530px]]This table gives an overall overview of all 189 rides starting in <b>Germany</b> until May 9, 2014.|<table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>Country</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Type</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Number</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Share %</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Rank</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">Germany</td>|3 <td align="left">Motorway parking</ 0td>| <td align="right"|22>2</td>| <td align="right"|>1</td> <td align="right">213.75</td>| <td align="right"|3>40.0</td>| <td align="right"|66>11</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr><tr>|- <td align="left">Germany</td>|3 <td align="left">Border crossing</ td> <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right"|>1</td>| <td align="right"|>660.0</td> <td align="right">10.0</td> <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="rightleft"|4>OOO</td></tr><tr>| <td align="rightleft"|4>Germany</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway service station</td>|4 <td align="right">111</ 0td>| <td align="right"|3>59</td>| <td align="right"|0>161.23</td>| <td align="right"|4>31.7</td>| <td align="right"|>12</td> <td align="left">OOOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Germany</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway beginning</td>|5 <td align="right">2</ 3td>| <td align="right"|>1</td>| <td align="right"|0>117.15</td>| <td align="right"|8>70.0</td>| <td align="right"|8>36</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Germany</td>|- <td align="left">National road</td>|7 <td align="right">12</ 0td>| <td align="right"|2>6</td>| <td align="right"|0>100.2</td>| <td align="right"|7>27.9</td>| <td align="right"|14>17</td>|- <td align="left">OOO</td>|8 </ 0tr><tr>| <td align="rightleft"|1>Germany</td>| <td align="rightleft"|0.1>Motorway access lane</td>| <td align="right"|8>22</td>| <td align="right"|8>12</td>|-|Not registered| <td align="right"|8>51.3</td>| <td align="right"|0>22.63</td>| <td align="right"|?>26</td>| <td align="rightleft"|?>OOO</td></tr>|-<tr>|'''total 1,349 <td align="left">Germany</ 550 td> <td align="left">Local road</ 10'''td> <td align="right">39</td>| <td align="right"|'''1,320'''>21</td>| <td align="right"|'''100>15.0'''5</td>| <td align="right">11.8</td>| <td align="right"|'''1,908'''>46</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr>|}</table>

Following is a more simplified chart which presents simply the number [[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]]This table gives an overall overview of people which were already all 146 rides starting in the cars of my rides. By the way<b>Poland</b> until May 9, I do not usually make notes on other individuals of living species already in the cars. Some people had a dog on board2014. <table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>Country</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Type</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Number</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Share %</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Wait s/km</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Rank</b></th></tr><tr>{| border <td align="1left">Poland</td>|- <td align="left">Motorway parking</td>|'''number already in car''' <td align="right">3</td>|'''rides''' <td align="right">2</td>| <td align="right"|'''% of rides'''>428.0</td>|'''people total''' <td align="right">28.3</td>| <td align="right"|'''% of people'''>4</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">Motorway</td>|- <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right"|848>198.0</td>| <td align="right"|64>0.20</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">Border crossing</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">5</td>| <td align="right"|848>191.0</td>| <td align="right"|44>20.47</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="left">OOOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td>|- <td align="left">Toll station</td>| <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td>| <td align="right"|377>160.3</td>| <td align="right"|28>60.5</td> <td align="right">23</td> <td align="left">OOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">Motorway service station</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">4</td>| <td align="right">298.3</td> <td align="right">41.0</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="left">OOOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">National road</td> <td align="right"|754>57</td>| <td align="right"|>39</td> <td align="right">67.1</td> <td align="right">20.5</td> <td align="right">18</td>|- <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">Motorway access lane</td> <td align="right">4</td>| <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">296.2</td> <td align="right">8.0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="left">OOOO</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">Poland</td> <td align="left">Local road</td>| <td align="right">66</td> <td align="right"|61>45</td>| <td align="right"|4>11.61</td>| <td align="right"|183>10.7</td>| <td align="right">58</td> <td align="left">OO</td></tr></table> == Sociology ==Under this header I present my freaky statistic on the gender and number of people in the vehicles in which I got lifts. The average number of people 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). {|9.6border="1"

|4'''men / women / unknown'''|align="right"|17'''rides'''|align="right"|1.3'''%'''|align="right"|68'''people in vehicle'''|align="right"|3.6'''people total'''

|50 / 1|align="right"|120|align="right"|59.1|align="right"|1|align="right"|120|-|0.4/ 2

|align="right"|1.9|align="right"|2|align="right"|50|-|0 / 3|align="right"|6|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|3|align="right"|18

|61 / 0|align="right"|0728|align="right"|055.2|align="right"|01|align="right"|0728

|71 / 0 / 1|align="right"|25|align="right"|0.24|align="right"|141|align="right"|0.710

|81 / 1|align="right"|261|align="right"|19.9

|align="right"|522|-|1 / 1 / 1|align="right"|4|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|3|align="right"|12|-|1 / 2|align="right"|17|align="right"|1.3|align="right"|3|align="right"|51|-|1 / 3|align="right"|4|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|4

|9-241 / 4|align="right"|03|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|05|align="right"|015

|25 or more2 / 0|align="right"|085|align="right"|06.4|align="right"|02|align="right"|0170

|'''total'''|'''2 / 1,320'''|align="right"|'''100.0'''12|align="right"|'''1,908'''0.9|align="right"|'''100.0'''3|} == Rides of over 250 kms == As of January 17, 2014. {| borderalign="1right"|36

|2 / 2|'''from'''align="right"|9|align="right"|'''to'''0.7|'''date'''align="right"|'''distance'''4|'''country of registration vehicle'''align="right"|'''with friend'''36

|[[Poland|PL]]2 / 3|[[Proskow]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]align="right"|[[Eindhoven]]1|align="right"|010.20091|align="right"|1032 km5|UKalign="right"|5

|[[Poland|PL]]3 / 1|[[Praty]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]align="right"|[[Eindhoven]]1|align="right"|090.20091|align="right"|1019 km4|UAalign="right"|4

|[[Poland|PL]]5 / 3|[[Wroclaw]]|[[Germany|D]]align="right"|[[Monchengladbach]]1|align="right"|010.20071|align="right"|882 km8|Dalign="right"|8

|[[Czech Republic|CZ]]8 / 0|[[Jilhava]]|[[Germany|D]]align="right"|[[Siegburg]]1|align="right"|090.20071|align="right"|797 km8|TRalign="right"|8

|[[Germany|D]]'''total 1,349 / 550 / 10'''|[[Duben]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]align="right"|[[Amsterdam]]'''1,320'''|align="right"|01'''100.20140'''||align="right"|703 km'''1,908'''|PL} 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"

|[[Poland|PL]]|[[Swiecko]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]'''number already in car'''|[[Lierop]]'''rides'''|align="right"|01.2006'''% of rides'''|'''people total'''|align="right"|700 km|PL'''% of people'''

|[[Belgium|B]]2|[[Blegny]]|[[Germanyalign="right"|D]]|[[Berlin]]377|align="right"|0528.20076|align="right"|690 km754|UKalign="right"|M39.5

|[[Germany|D]]3|[[Pomellen]]|[[Germanyalign="right"|D]]|[[Reinhardshain]]61|align="right"|094.20066|align="right"|660 km183|Falign="right"|9.6

|[[Netherlands|NL]]5|[[Bocholtz]]|[[Germanyalign="right"|D]]|[[Konings Wusterhausen]]5|align="right"|060.20064|align="right"|640 km25|PLalign="right"|-1.3

|[[Germany6|D]]align="right"|[[Michendorf]]0|[[Netherlands|NL]]align="right"|[[Vaals]]0|align="right"|05.20070|align="right"|599 km|NL0

|[[Germany|D]]|[[Frechen]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Berlin]]8|align="right"|05.20082|align="right"|596 km|F|F|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Geldrop]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Michendorf]]0.2|align="right"|07.201316|align="right"|592 km|B0.8

|[[Poland25 or more|PL]]align="right"|[[Jelenia Gora]]0|[[Germany|D]]align="right"|[[Auetal]]0|align="right"|10.20080|align="right"|574 km|D0

|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Berlin]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Remscheid]]|align="right"|05.2008|align="right"|563 km|D|MF|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Berlin]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Montaubar]]|align="right"|01.2013|align="right"|552 km|D|-|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Buckautal]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[EIndhoven]]|align="right"|05.2012|align="right"|541 km|D|-|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Frechen]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Michendorf]]|align="right"|11.2003|align="right"|540 km|D|-|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Bocholtz]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Hemsdorf]]|align="right"|05.2009|align="right"|507 km|D|F|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Dresden]]|[[Poland|PL]]|[[Piotrkow Trybunalski]]|align="right"|09.2005|align="right"|480 km|PL|-|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Chemnitz]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Lichtendorf]]|align="right"|01.2010|align="right"|474 km|PL|-|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Berlin]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Hamm]]|align="right"|06.2006|align="right"|470 km|D|F|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Hengelo]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Michendorf]]|align="right"|12.2006|align="right"|465 km|NL|-|-|[[Poland|PL]]|[[Swiecko]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Auetal]]|align="right"|08.2008|align="right"|396 km|NL|-|-|[[Germany|D]]|[[Werbellin]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Auetal]]|align="right"|06.2011|align="right"|393 km|PL|-|-|[[Poland|PL]]|[[Trzciel]]|[[Poland|PL]]|[[Warszawa]]|align="right"|12.2006|align="right"|390 km|PL|-|-|[[Croatia|HR]]|'''total'''|'''1,320'''|align="right"|'''100.0'''|align="right"|'''1,908'''|align="right"|'''100.0'''|} == Highest average top 10 == These were by average speed my ten fastest rides, since 15 December 2013, when I started to registering departure and arrival times. Driving time excludes waiting due to traffic jams and inride stops, e.g. refilling and rest or smoking breaks.  <table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b></b></th> <th align="left"><b>From</b></th> <th align="left"><b></b></th> <th align="left"><b>To</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Date</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Speed</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Country of vehicle</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Brand</b></th> <th align="left"><b>Female driver</b></th> <th align="left"><b>With friend</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">Swiecko N2 border</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">PPO Goluski A2 152</td> <td align="left">06.07.2014</td> <td align="right">177.6</td> <td align="right">151.0</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">VW Touareg</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">A2 MOP Chociczewo</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">MOP Gnilec</td> <td align="left">07.01.2016</td> <td align="right">171.4</td> <td align="right">80.0</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Audi</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">A1 T 14-15 Jasenice north</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Šibenik A1 22</td> <td align="left">20.03.2015</td> <td align="right">162.8</td> <td align="right">81.4</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Citroen</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Prgomet A1 24</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Tunel Plasina A1 11-10</td> <td align="left">15.05.2018</td> <td align="right">160.8</td> <td align="right">201.0</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Mercedes</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Michendorf A10 T 18-17</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">MOP Sosna</td> <td align="left">27.12.2015</td> <td align="right">160.5</td> <td align="right">115.0</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">Maserati GranTurismo</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Montabaur A3 T 41-40</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Siegburg A3 T 33-32</td> <td align="left">28.07.2014</td> <td align="right">156.0</td> <td align="right">67.6</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Audi Quattro</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">A3 T 64 Spessart Nord</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">A3 T 44-43 Bad Camberg Ost</td> <td align="left">31.05.2018</td> <td align="right">155.5</td> <td align="right">114.0</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">BMW</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">I</td> <td align="left">AS Prenestina Est A1 T</td> <td align="left">I</td> <td align="left">AS Flaminia Est A1 T</td> <td align="left">02.08.2015</td> <td align="right">153.9</td> <td align="right">66.7</td> <td align="left">I</td> <td align="left">Volvo</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr><tr> <td align="left">NL</td> <td align="left">Bocholtz A76 T Tienbaan</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Buschbell A4 T 9-10 Frechen Sud</td> <td align="left">09.05.2017</td> <td align="right">152.6</td> <td align="right">58.5</td> <td align="left">B</td> <td align="left">Volvo</td> <td align="left">F</td> <td align="left">F</td> </tr><tr> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Michendorf Nord A10 T 17-18</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">A2 T 41-40 Garbsen Nord</td> <td align="left">02.06.2014</td> <td align="right">151.8</td> <td align="right">253.0</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">Ford</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></table> == Rides of over 250 kms == As of June 29, 2023. Self driven is the distance I drove the vehicle myself, obviously with permission or on request of the driver.  <table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>from</b></th> <th align="left"><b>to</b></th> <th align="left"><b>date</b></th> <th align="left"><b>distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>self driven</b></th> <th align="left"><b>speed</b></th> <th align="left"><b>country of vehicle</b></th> <th align="left"><b>brand</b></th> <th align="left"><b>female driver</b></th> <th align="left"><

== At least 10 vehicles within 24 hrs == As of June 29, 2023 {| border="1" width='100%'

|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Maastricht]]|[[Austria|A]]|[[Niederalm]]||align="centerright"|'''country'''09.05.2017|align="centerright"|'''motorway'''933.7|align="centerright"|'''location'''13|align="centerright"|'''near town'''77.8||align="centerright"|'''number of lifts'''|'''1'''|'''2'''|'''3'''|'''4'''|'''5'''|'''6'''|'''7'''|'''8'''|'''9'''

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|N2[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Poland|LiftersplaatsPL]]|align="center"|Maastricht|align="center"|'''73''' [[Kraków]]|align="right"|5762.3|align="right"|7807.9|align="right"|1909.562014|align="right"|01312.168|align="right"|3.013|align="right"|265101.0|align="right"|0.00|align="right"|1.15|align="right"|12.52

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|local[[Bemelen]]|align="center"[[Germany|Oude AkerstraatD]]|align="center"|Bemelen[[Jessen]]|align="center"|'''38'''|align="right"|39531.0|align="right"|1008.42006|align="right"|3705.15|align="right"|0.05|align="right"|3.513|align="right"|17654.02|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|0.15|align="right"|134.71

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A2[[Nieuwerkerk]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|A2 x N278 X EuropapleinNL]]|align="center"|Maastricht[[Geleen]]|align="center"via [[Netherlands|'''20'''NL]] [[Nieuwkuijk]] [[Nieuwerkerk]]|align="right"|51225.9|align="right"|2507.62016|align="right"|4375.128|align="right"|0.13|align="right"|28.9.0|align="right"|47.2|align="right"|0.00|align="right"|1.15|align="right"|24.8

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A25[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Germany|7 (Pont de L'Atlas)D]]|align="center"|Liege[[Bernkastel-Kues]]|align="center"|'''10'''|align="right"|22010.09.42014|align="right"|22218.0|align="right"|2.4413|align="right"|0.16|align="right"|11.28|align="right"|27.0|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|1.00|align="right"|44.6

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|local[[Kraków]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|Viaductweg x MeerssenerwegNL]]|align="center"|[[Maastricht]]|align="center"|'''9'''|align="right"|530.6|align="right"|59.0|align="right"|208.52|align="right"|008.192014|align="right"|51418.19|align="right"|151.012|align="right"|0118.022|align="right"|0.50|align="right"|19.42

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A59[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[France|47 eastboundF]]|align="center"|'s[[Villeneuve-Hertogenbosch|align="center"|'''9'''|align="right"|169.1Corbières]]|align="right"|18.8|align="right"|104.49|align="right"|009.122017|align="right"|21317.0|align="right"|51.112|align="right"|0109.038|align="right"|0.30F|align="right"|38.62

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|local[[Warszawa]]|align="center"[[Germany|Via RegiaD]]|align="center"|Maastricht[[Marbach]]|align="center"|'''8'''|align="right"|105.2|align="right"|1320.2|align="right"|106.152014|align="right"|01319.097|align="right"|5.012|align="right"|32110.0|align="right"|0.01F|align="right"|0.30|align="right"|42.72

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|local[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|FlorapleinNL]]|align="center"|Eindhoven[[Maastricht]]|align="center"via [[Belgium|'''7'''B]] [[Sint-Maria-Oudenhove]]|align="right"|35204.1|align="right"|5004.32004|align="right"|1363.240|align="right"|0.12|align="right"|2530.53|align="right"|85.0|align="right"|0.02|align="right"|0.25|align="right"|14.31

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A2[[Bemelen]]|align="center"[[Germany|33 westboundD]]|align="center"|Waalre[[Merzig]]|align="center"|'''7'''|align="right"|22312.2|align="right"|3106.92004|align="right"|2337.40|align="right"|0.23|align="right"|9.012|align="right"|4528.01|align="right"|0.05|align="right"|1.15|align="right"|20.6

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgSweden|30pxS]]|align="center"|N326[[Hällekis]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|Graafseweg x NeerboschwegNL]]|align="center"|Nijmegen[[Nieuwerkerk]]|align="center"|'''6'''|align="right"|37712.0|align="right"|6206.82015|align="right"|01391.59|align="right"|0.10|align="right"|23.011|align="right"|115126.05|align="right"|0.02|align="right"|0.25F|align="right"|9.32

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Lapat]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|20 northboundNL]]|align="center"|Rosmalen[[Maastricht]]|align="center"|'''6'''|align="right"|28309.0|align="right"|47.2|align="right"|1.21|align="right"|007.142018|align="right"|391384.75|align="right"|47.011|align="right"|0125.039|align="right"|0.30|align="right"|17.25

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A76[[Rothem]]|align="center"[[Croatia|2 westboundHR]]|align="center"|Geleen|align="center"|'''6'''|align="right"|106.0[[Cavle]]|align="right"|17.7|align="right"|021.54|align="right"|005.092023|align="right"|141308.05|align="right"|24.011|align="right"|0118.016|align="right"|0.15|align="right"|30.62

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A59[[Eindhoven]]|align="center"[[France|43 eastbound|align="center"|Nieuwkuijk|align="center"|'''6'''|align="right"|75.9|align="right"|12.7|align="right"|0.56|align="right"|0.09|align="right"|6.3|align="right"|20.8|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|0.20|align="right"|44.3|-F]]|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30pxBiriatou]]|align="center"|local|align="center"|Bemelerweg|align="center"|Maastricht|align="center"|'''6'''|align="right"|17.0|align="right"|2.8|align="right"|0.26|align="right"|0.04|align="right"|2.0|align="right"|5.0|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|0.08|align="right"|91.8|} 1 total distance (km)<br>2 average distance (km)<br>3 total wait (hours, minutes)<br>4 average wait (hours, minutes)<br>5 min distance (km)<br>6 max distance (km)<br>7 min wait (hours, minutes)<br>8 max wait (hours, minutes)<br>9 average wait per kilometer (seconds)<br>  This table contains an overview of locations from where the distance of lifts was the longest, including several statistics per location. {| border="1" width='100%'|-|'''Non-petrol stations'''|'''top 10'''|As of November 3, 2013

|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Nijswiller]]|[[Serbia|SRB]]|[[Feketic]]||align="centerright"|'''country'''30.07.2018|align="centerright"|'''motorway'''1588.2|align="centerright"|'''location'''10|align="centerright"|'''near town'''158.8||align="centerright"|'''total distance'''|'''1'''|'''2'''|'''3'''|'''4'''|'''5'''|'''6'''|'''7'''|'''8'''|'''9'''

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|N2[[Čista Mala]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|LiftersplaatsNL]]|align="center"|Maastricht|align="center"|'''5762.3''' |align="right"|73[[Tilburg]]|align="right"|78.9|align="right"|1903.56|align="right"|005.162017|align="right"|31562.02|align="right"|26510|align="right"|0156.002|align="right"|1.15F|align="right"|12.52

|[[File:Flag_of_PolandCroatia|HR]]|[[Vrbovsko]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Langerwehe]]||align="right"|15.svg06.2023|30pxalign="right"|1271.7|align="right"|10|align="right"|157.2|F|align="right"|2|-|[[France|F]]|[[St.-Laurent-du-Pape]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Maastricht]]||align="centerright"|N209.08.2015|align="centerright"|border1023.9|align="centerright"|Swiecko10|align="centerright"|'''1096102.0'''4|

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|B96[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Poland|GrunauerstrassePL]]|align="center"|Berlin|align="center"|'''1083.0'''|align="right"|3[[Wlen]]|align="right"|361.0|align="right"|112.10|align="right"|009.232008|align="right"|50847.05|align="right"|563.010|align="right"|074.108|align="right"|0.30|align="right"|3.91

|[[File:Flag_of_GermanySpain|E]]|[[Mundaka]]|[[France|F]]|[[St-Léger]]||align="right"|30.10.2015|align="right"|457.5|align="right"|10|align="right"|45.svg8|30px|align="right"|2|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Hoorn]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Hoorn]]||align="centerright"|A431.08.2019|align="centerright"|219 westbound321.3|align="centerright"|Opole Prady10|align="centerright"|'''101932.0'''1|M

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgGermany|D]]|[[Aachen]]|[[Netherlands|NL]]|30px[[Leiden]]||align="centerright"|A1121.01.2006|align="centerright"|border272.0|align="centerright"|Pomellen10|align="centerright"|'''66027.0'''2|

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|N2 / N92[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Germany|center|align="center"|Trzciel|align="center"|'''606.0'''|align="right"|2|align="right"|303.0|align="right"|0.26|align="right"|0.13|align="right"|216.0|align="right"|390.0|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|0.25|align="right"|2.6|-D]]|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30pxTraben-Trarbach]]|align="center"|A115|align="center"|1 southbound|align="center"|Berlin|align="center"|'''539.0'''|align="right"|2|align="right"|26913.5|align="right"|006.352013|align="right"|0194.187|align="right"|254.010|align="right"|28519.04|align="right"|0.15|align="right"|0.20|align="right"|3.9|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]]|align="center"|N30|align="center"|N30 x N3|align="center"|Jelenia Gora|align="center"|'''574.0'''M

== 24 hrs Personal Record history == The table below shows how my best 24 hours hitch-hiking distance has evolved.  <table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>date</b></th> <th align="left"><b>distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b></b></th> <th align="left"><b>from</b></th> <th align="left"><b></b></th> <th align="left"><b>to</b></th> <th align="left"><b>trip speed</b></th> <th align="left"><b>ride speed</b></th> <th align="left"><b>vehicles</b></th> <th align="left"><b>avg distance</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">1993.07</td> <td align="right">5.0</td> <td align="left">F</td> <td align="left">Meribel les Allues</td> <td align="left">F</td> <td align="left">Meribel Mottaret</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">1 total distance (km)<br/td> <td align="right">5.0</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2000.07</td> <td align="right">25.0</td> <td align="left">F</td> <td align="left">Ausson</td> <td align="left">F</td> <td align="left">Col de Rousset</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">2 average distance (km)<br/td> <td align="right">12.5</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2003.02</td> <td align="right">206.0</td> <td align="left">NL</td> <td align="left">Velp</td> <td align="left">NL</td> <td align="left">Meerssen</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">68.7</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2003.11</td> <td align="right">713.0</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Aachen Rothe Erde</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Frankfurt an der Oder</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">178.3 total wait (hours, minutes)<br/td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2005.09.15</td> <td align="right">1125.0</td> <td align="left">NL</td> <td align="left">Bocholtz</td> <td align="left">PL</td> <td align="left">Piotrków Tr.</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">160.7</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2013.10.06</td> <td align="right">1208.7</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Šibenik</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Sinsheim</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">172.2</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2014.06.02</td> <td align="right">1636.9</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Šibenik</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Garbsen</td> <td align="right">74.1</td> <td align="right">108.2</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">204.6</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2018.05.30</td> <td align="right">1758.1</td> <td align="left">HR</td> <td align="left">Zagreb</td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Diez</td> <td align="right">73.2</td> <td align="right">103.4 average wait (hours, minutes)<br/td> <td align="right">5 min distance (km).9</td> <td align="right">297.8</td></tr><tr> <td align="left">2023.04.18<br/td> <td align="right">1770.6 max distance (km)<br/td> <td align="left">D</td> <td align="left">Langenberg-heim</td> <td align="left">MNE</td>7 min wait (hours, minutes) <td align="left">Dobrakovo<br/td> <td align="right">73.8 max wait (hours, minutes)<br/td> <td align="right">95.7</td> <td align="right">2.9 average wait per kilometer (seconds)<br/td> <td align="right">591.2</td></tr></table>

== Petrol station top 10 Best 24 hrs and calendar day in the Netherlands history ==

This The table contains an overview of below shows how my best 24 hours hitch-hiking in the petrol stations that Netherlands has evolved. Notes. Table first created in 2022 based on my notes. I have used most oftendid not register departure and arrival times before mid December 2012, including several statistics per stationhence the evolution of the 24h record could not be accurately reconstructed. The current best 24 hrs in the Netherlands and the best calendar day distance are both 675.2 km.

{| <table class="sortable wikitable" style="border: 1px solid; border-collapse: separate;"><tr valign="top"> <th align="left"><b>date</b></th> <th align="left"><b>distance</b></th> <th align="left"><b>from</b></th> <th align="left"><b>to</b></th> <th align="left"><b>via</b></th> <th align="left"><b>vehicles</b></th> <th align="left"><b>day record</b></th> <th align="left"><b>24 hrs record</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2002.04</td> <td align="right">5.0</td> <td align="left">Epen</td> <td align="left">Wittem</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right">1</td> <th align="left" width><b>yes</b></th> <th align='100%'"left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr>| <td align="left">2003.02</td> <td align="right">206.0</td> <td align="left">Velp</td> <td align="left">Meerssen</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right">3</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2004.03.19</td> <td align="right">215.0</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Amsterdam</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right">1</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2005.07.29</td> <td align="right">333.2</td> <td align="left">Bemelen</td> <td align="left">Groningen</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right">8</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2009.12.13</td> <td align="right">338.6</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Utrecht</td> <td align="right">8</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2015.05.30-31</td> <td align="right">475.3</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Bad Nieuweschans</td> <td align="left">Rotterdam</td> <td align="right">7</td> <th align="left"><b>no</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr><tr> <td align="left">2021.08.15</td> <td align="right">420.2</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Gronsveld</td> <td align="left">Amsterdam</td> <td align="right">9</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th> <th align="left"><b>no</b></th></tr> <td align="left">2022.07.29-30</td> <td align="right">662.4</td> <td align="left">Camerig</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td> <td align="left">Odoorn</td> <td align="right">3.9</td> <th align="left"><b>no</b></th> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th></tr> <td align="left">2022.08.05</td> <td align="right">675.2</td> <td align="left">Maastricht</td>|'''Petrol stations''' <td align="left">Maastricht</td>|'''top 10''' <td align="left">Joure</td>|As of May <td align="right">21, 2013</td> <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th>| <th align="left"><b>yes</b></th>|</tr>|</table>||== Trips over 750 kms within 24 hrs ==||As of June 29, 2023.|{|border="1"|-

|[[Germany|D]]|[[Langen-bergheim]]|[[Montenegro|MNE]]|[[Dobrakovo]]|align="right"|18.04.2023|align="centerright"|'''country'''1,770.6|align="centerright"|'''motorway'''24.0 hrs|align="centerright"|'''petrol station name'''73.8|align="centerright"|'''near town'''103.4|align="centerright"|'''number of lifts'''2.9|'''1'''align="right"|591.2|'''align="right"|2'''|'''3'''align="left"|D A H SRB MNE|-|[[Croatia|HR]]|[[Zagreb]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Diez]]|align="right"|30.05.2018|align="right"|1,758.1|'''4'''align="right"|24.0 hrs|'''5'''align="right"|73.2|'''6'''align="right"|103.4|'''7'''align="right"|5.9|'''align="right"|297.8'''|'''9'''align="right"|2|'''10'''align="left"|HR SLO A D NL D

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Šibenik]]|align="center"[[Germany|Het AnkerD]]|align="center"|Born|align="center"|'''21'''[[Garbsen]]|align="right"|46-4702.06.2014|align="right"|5531,636.9|align="right"|2622.41 hrs|align="right"|374.281|align="right"|0108.102|align="right"|258|align="right"|30|align="right"|0204.016|align="right"|0.252|align="rightleft"|22.6HR SLO A CZ D

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A2[[Amsterdam]]|align="center"[[Poland|De Lucht-WestPL]]|align="center"|Zaltbommel|align="center"|'''19'''[[Warszawa]]|align="right"|17-1806.07.2014|align="right"|14891,631.0|align="right"|7920.40 hrs|align="right"|481.487|align="right"|0110.155

|align="right"|140|align="right"|0181.022|align="right"|1.352|align="rightleft"|11.6NL D PL

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgGermany|30pxD]]|align="center"|A2[[Kreuz Aachen]]|align="center"[[Serbia|VelderSRB]]|align="center"|Liempde|align="center"|'''12'''[[Novi Sad]]|align="right"|26-2730.07.2018|align="right"|10261,624.1|align="right"|8524.50 hrs|align="right"|270.559|align="right"|0112.158|align="right"|578.2|align="right"|120|align="right"|0198.011|align="right"|0.602|align="rightleft"|10.2D A SLO HR SRB

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Nova Sela]]|align="center"[[Germany|BosserhofD]]|align="center"|Echt[[Ransbach-Baumbach]]|align="centerright"|'''12'''.05.2022|align="right"|45-44|align="right"|10191,570.7 |align="right"|8524.0hrs|align="right"|165.294|align="right"|0103.075|align="right"|35|align="right"|1558.7|align="right"|0181.034|align="right"|0.202|align="rightleft"|5.2HR SLO A D

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Čista Mala]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|Groote BleekNL]]|align="center"|Maarheeze|align="center"|'''11''' [[Tilburg]]|align="right"|36-3503.05.2017|align="right"|5441,562.2|align="right"|4920.47 hrs|align="right"|475.055|align="right"|0112.229|align="right"|1410|align="right"|128|align="right"|0156.052|align="right"|1.302|align="rightleft"|27.0HR SLO A D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|A76[[Warszawa]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|TienbaanNL]]|align="center"|Bocholtz|align="center"|'''10'''[[Maastricht]]|align="right"|n25.a08.2015|align="right"|1710|align="right"|1711,535.0|align="right"|817.154 hrs|align="right"|088.491|align="right"|58112.0|align="right"|6405|align="right"|307.0.10|align="right"|2.15|align="rightleft"|17.3PL D L B NL

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|A4[[Warszawa]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|Frechen Sud|align="center"|FrechenNL]]|align="center"|'''7'[[''|align="right"|9s-10Hertogenbosch]]|align="right"|170128.07.2014|align="right"|2431,530.01|align="right"|620.152 hrs|align="right"|075.545|align="right"|47103.2|align="right"|5967|align="right"|0218.206|align="right"|2.00|align="rightleft"|13.2PL D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Starigrad]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|De KruisbergNL]]|align="center"|Meerssen|align="center"|'''7'''[[Eindhoven]]|align="right"|52-5107.06.2019|align="right"|5221,507.9|align="right"|7419.50 hrs|align="right"|179.054|align="right"|0109.095|align="right"|156|align="right"|130|align="right"|0251.053|align="right"|0.202|align="rightleft"|7.5HR SLO A D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgGermany|30pxD]]|align="center"|A10[[Hetzbach]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|Michendorf SudNL]]|align="center"|Michendorf|align="center"|'''7'''[[Zaltbommel]]|align="right"|18-1729.06.2014|align="right"|4951,507.2|align="right"|7020.75 hrs|align="right"|273.353|align="right"|108.0.22|align="right"|338|align="right"|207|align="right"|0188.054|align="right"|0.502|align="rightleft"|18.8D B NL

|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A26[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[Spain|Aire de NoidreE]]|align="center"|Sprimont|align="center"|'''6'''[[Barcelona]]|align="right"|44-4515.03.2015|align="right"|4731,460.0|align="right"|7823.97 hrs|align="right"|161.326|align="right"|099.152|align="right"|359|align="right"|155|align="right"|0162.022|align="right"|0.502|align="rightleft"|11.6NL B F E

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Bajakovo border]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|EllerbrugNL]]|align="center"|Ell|align="center"|'''6'''[[Gronsveld]]|align="right"|39-4013.08.2018|align="right"|1891,457.9|align="right"|3124.60 hrs|align="right"|460.427|align="right"|0103.473|align="right"|224.2|align="right"|46|align="right"|0349.052|align="right"|3.302|align="rightleft"|40.3HR SLO A D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A79[[Eijsden]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|"Heerlen"NL]]|align="center"|Heerlen|align="center"|'''6'''[[Gronsveld]]|align="right"|n23.a03.2016|align="right"|1601,456.8|align="right"|2624.70 hrs|align="right"|060.487|align="right"|0106.083|align="right"|1612|align="right"|22|align="right"|0121.014|align="right"|0.202|align="rightleft"|18.0|} 1 exit numbers<br>2 total distance (km)<br>3 average distance (km)<br>4 total wait (hours, minutes)<br>5 average wait (hours, minutes)<br>6 min distance (km)<br>7 max distance (km)<br>8 min wait (hours, minutes)<br>9 max wait (hours, minutes)<br>10 average wait per kilometer (seconds)<br> This table contains an overview of the petrol stations from where the distance of lifts was the longest, including several statistics per station.  {| border="1" width='100%'NL B L F L B NL

|'''Petrol stations'''[[Poland|PL]]|'''top 10'''[[Bialowieza]]|As of May 21, 2013[[Netherlands|NL]]|[['s-Hertogenbosch]]|align="right"|07.05.2015|align="right"|1,443.8|align="right"|23.3 hrs|align="right"|62.0|align="right"|99.4|align="right"|6|align="right"|206.3|align="right"|2|align="left"|PL D NL

|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Bocholtz]]|[[Slovenia|SLO]]|[[Postojna]]|align="centerright"|'''country'''18.05.2015|align="centerright"|'''motorway'''1,422.7|align="centerright"|'''petrol station name'''24.0 hrs|align="centerright"|'''near town'''59.3|align="centerright"|'''total distance'''|'''1'''|'''103.2'''|'''3'''align="right"|'''4'''8|'''5'''align="right"|'''6'''177.8|'''7'''align="right"|'''8'''2|'''9'''align="left"|'''10'''NL D I SLO HR

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|A76[[Kraków]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|TienbaanNL]]|align="center"|Bocholtz|align="center"|'''1710 km'''[[Maastricht]]|align="right"|n08.a08.2014|align="right"|101,418.9|align="right"|17120.0hrs|align="right"|870.159|align="right"|0118.491|align="right"|5812|align="right"|640|align="right"|0118.102|align="right"|2.15|align="rightleft"|17.3PL D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|A4[[Bocholtz]]|align="center"[[Croatia|Frechen Sud|align="center"|Frechen|align="center"|'''1701 km'''|align="right"|9-10|align="right"|7|align="right"|243.0|align="right"|6.15|align="right"|0.54|align="right"|47|align="right"|596|align="right"|0.20|align="right"|2.00|align="right"|13.2|-HR]]|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30pxJasenice]]|align="center"|A2|align="center"|De Lucht-West|align="center"|Zaltbommel|align="center"|'''1489 km'''|align="right"|17-1813.04.2015|align="right"|191,412.1|align="right"|7924.40 hrs|align="right"|458.488|align="right"|0111.151

|align="right"|140|align="right"|0156.029|align="right"|1.352|align="rightleft"|11.6NL D A SLO HR

|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svgCroatia|HR]]|[[Split]]|[[France|F]]|30px[[Montélimar-Sud]]|align="centerright"|01.05.2016|align="right"|A41,390.3|align="centerright"|MOP Proszkow24.0 hrs|align="centerright"|Proszkow57.9|align="centerright"|'''1236 km'''91.7|align="right"|n13.a5|align="right"|111.4

|align="rightleft"|618.0|align="right"|1.20|align="right"|0.40|align="right"|204|align="right"|1032|align="right"|0.20|align="right"|1.00|align="right"|3.9HR SLO I F

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgCroatia|30pxHR]]|align="center"|A2[[Lapat]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|VelderNL]]|align="center"|Liempde|align="center"|'''1026 km'''[[Maastricht]]|align="right"|26-2709.07.2018|align="right"|12|align="right"|851,384.5|align="right"|224.550 hrs|align="right"|057.157|align="right"|5790.4|align="right"|12011|align="right"|0125.019|align="right"|0.602|align="rightleft"|10.2HR SLO A D B NL

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgSweden|30pxS]]|align="center"|A2[[Götene]]|align="center"[[Netherlands|BosserhofNL]]|align="center"|Echt|align="center"|'''1019 km'''[[Reeuwijk]]|align="right"|45-4412.06.2015|align="right"|121,364.4|align="right"|8524.0hrs|align="right"|156.299|align="right"|083.074|align="right"|35|align="right"|15511|align="right"|124.0.03|align="right"|0.202|align="rightleft"|5.2SE DK D NL

|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svgNetherlands|NL]]|[[Hulsberg]]|[[Croatia|HR]]|30px[[Pazin]]|align="centerright"|21.05.2023|align="right"|A41,364.4|align="centerright"|Michendorf Nord24.0 hrs|align="centerright"|Michendorf56.9|align="centerright"|'''1014 km'''103.4|align="right"|72-X10|align="right"|136.4|align="right"|2532|align="left"|NL D A SLO HR|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Nijswiller]]|[[Italy|I]]|[[AS San Pelagio]]|align="right"|12.04.62016|align="right"|1,336.8|align="right"|23.6 hrs|align="right"|056.217|align="right"|55111.0|align="right"|5997|align="right"|0190.039|align="right"|0.402|align="rightleft"|4.9NL D I

|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svgSpain|E]]|[[Soraluze]]|[[Belgium|B]]|30px[[Bilzen]]|align="centerright"|A419.10.2015|align="centerright"|Bielany Wroclawski Polnoc1,326,9|align="centerright"|Wroclaw24.0 hrs|align="centerright"|'''974 km'''55.3|align="right"|n101.a3|align="right"|12.7|align="right"|104.8

|align="rightleft"|487.0|align="right"|1.40|align="right"|0.50|align="right"|92|align="right"|882|align="right"|0.50|align="right"|0.50|align="right"|6.2E F B

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svgPoland|30pxPL]]|align="center"|A1[[Warszawa]]|align="center"[[Germany|Het LonnekermeerD]]|align="center"|Hengelo|align="center"|'''802 km'''[[Hetzbach]]|align="right"|31-2124.06.2014|align="right"|31,318.0|align="right"|26719.39 hrs|align="right"|066.352|align="right"|0107.129|align="right"|7311|align="right"|465|align="right"|0119.058|align="right"|0.202|align="rightleft"|2.6PL D

|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svgNetherlands|30pxNL]]|align="center"|D1[[Maastricht]]|align="center"[[France|"Novy Pavov"F]]|align="center"|Jilhava|align="center"|'''797 km'''[[Villeneuve-Corbières]]|align="right"|n04.a09.2017|align="right"|1,317.0|align="right"|79724.0hrs|align="right"|254.009|align="right"|2108.008|align="right"|79711.4|align="right"|797|align="right"|2115.005|align="right"|2.00|align="rightleft"|9.0|} 1 exit numbers<br>2 nubmer of lifts <br>3 average distance (km)<br>4 total wait (hours, minutes)<br>5 average wait (hours, minutes)<br>6 min distance (km)<br>7 max distance (km)<br>8 min wait (hours, minutes)<br>9 max wait (hours, minutes)<br>10 average wait per kilometer (seconds)<br> == North- and eastbound hitchhiking from Maastricht (A2 and A79) == In the 1980's on initiative of the municipality of Maastricht an official hitchhiking spot "liftersplaats" was realized. The spot was situated on a very good location to get rides for a comparatively long distance, mainly for the north direction (A2). Early in 2012 the official hitchhiking spot has been removed as a result of major road works that are carried out in the period 2012-2016.  The following table presents some data of hitchhiking trips during which I have used the official hitchhiking spot "liftersplaats" in Maastricht to obtain a lift. The table contains a column with the name of the town where the lift from the "liftersplaats" brought me to. Also the distance of this lift, the waiting time of this lift (3) and the length of this lift compared to the total length of the trip (6) are given in various columns, as well as my usual calculations of averages and totals. {| border="1" width='100%'NL B F

|align="center"[[Croatia|'''#'''HR]]|align="center"|'''date'''[[T Vrata Jadrana]]|'''lift to'''[[Netherlands|'''trip from'''NL]]|'''trip to'''[[Maastricht]]|align="right"|'''distance'''26.05.2015|align="right"|'''1''',315.0|align="right"|'''2'''24.0 hrs|align="right"|'''3'''54.8|align="right"|'''4'''99.2|align="right"|'''5'''4|align="right"|'''6'''328.8|align="right"|'''7'''2|align="rightleft"|'''8'''HR SLO A D NL

|align="center"[[Netherlands|1NL]]|align="center"|xx.07.03|align="left"|Velp[[Maastricht]]|align="left"[[Poland|MaastrichtPL]]|align="left"|Velp[[Kraków]]|align="right"|161 km07.08.2014|align="right"|161 km1,312.8|align="right"|16120.0 km6 hrs|align="right"|063.056|align="right"|0104.057|align="right"|0.0513|align="right"|100%101.0|align="right"|100%2|align="rightleft"|100%NL D PL

|align="center"|2|align="center"[[Poland|01.08.03PL]]|align="left"|Belfeld[[Warszawa]]|align="left"[[Netherlands|MaastrichtNL]]|align="left"|Ootmarsum[['s-Hertogenbosch]]|align="right"|74 km10.04.2015|align="right"|235 km1,306.7|align="right"|11717.5 km1 hrs|align="right"|076.454|align="right"|0111.501|align="right"|0.258|align="right"|71%163.3|align="right"|171%2|align="rightleft"|85.5%PL D NL

|align="center"[[Netherlands|3NL]]|align="center"|14.02.04|align="left"|Rosmalen[[Maastricht]]|align="left"[[Poland|MaastrichtPL]]|align="left"|Rosmalen[[Warszawa]]|align="right"|130 km06.04.2015|align="right"|365 km1,297.4|align="right"|12120.7 km4 hrs|align="right"|063.036|align="right"|094.539|align="right"|0.189|align="right"|100%144.2|align="right"|271%2|align="rightleft"|90.3%NL D PL

|align="center"|4|align="center"[[Croatia|27.02.04HR]]|align="left"|Grathem[[Vukova Gorica]]|align="left"[[Netherlands|MaastrichtNL]]|align="left"|Zwolle[[Nuth]]|align="right"|45 km15.06.2023|align="right"|410 km1,285.3|align="right"|10224.5 km0 hrs|align="right"|053.056|align="right"|0101.586|align="right"|0.159|align="right"|19%142.8|align="right"|290%2|align="rightleft"|72.5%HR SLO A D NL

|align="center"[[Poland|5PL]]|align="center"|06.03.04[[Warszawa]]|align="left"[[Netherlands|GrathemNL]]|align="left"|[[Maastricht|align="left"|Arnhem]]|align="right"|45 km07.01.2016|align="right"|455 km1,264.7|align="right"|9115.0 km3 hrs|align="right"|082.153|align="right"|1118.139|align="right"|0.159|align="right"|30%140.5|align="right"|320%2|align="rightleft"|64.0%PL D B NL

|[[Croatia|HR]]|[[Nadin]]|[[Germany|D]]|[[Kreuz Frankenthal]]|align="centerright"|625.04.2019|align="centerright"|191,249.034|align="right"|24.040 hrs|align="leftright"|Diemen52.1|align="leftright"|Maastricht99.7|align="leftright"|Diemen5.4|align="right"|215 km229.9|align="right"|670 km2|align="left"|HR SLO A D|-|[[Netherlands|NL]]|[[Maastricht]]|[[Spain|E]]|[[Oiartzun]]|align="right"|11119.7 km10.2015|align="right"|01,229.309|align="right"|118.432 hrs|align="right"|067.177|align="right"|100%.3|align="right"|420%8|align="right"|70153.0%7|align="right"|2|align="left"|NL B F E