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**I think it makes no sense to deny that hitchhiking is not safe in all situations safe. The sooner people know that and think about it, the better they can react in bad situations. So in this paper we should mention this fact. [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/?22 link]**I think there are 3 steps levels of situations which are dependent on the driver's actions and your reactions:

# Leave Leaving a driving car because you get a bad feeling and have recognized that the driver wants more that than just to give you a lift. [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/node/376 link]# I think the 3rd step level is the most worst case, what can I do when really somebody wants to kill me/ to rape me/ to steal my money! I am sure that in the most cases you will not recognize this situations so fast, because the driver was very kind to you all the time very kind and funny to you. He builds up a friendly relationship to you. So I even believe that to get raped must not be in a car (you know the stories about raped family members).

On earth there are actually living more than 6 billion People livingpeople at the moment. It is not countable how many people still at the moment are active hitchhiking hitchhikers on the earth. Maybe it is 100, maybe it is an amount of about 2000 hitchhikers. Who knows, who cares, why should I be interested in it? You should be interested because it is for your safety. It is a fact that a hitchhiking lift could not be all the time that nice as you remember them. There is a small possibility to get in a difficult situation where you have to handle and where you have to act. In the following paper we have tried to collect tips/advice/informations and useful stuff for Situations situations like that. We don't want to scare you. Hitchhiking is in most cases the most wonderful way of traveling. We want to make you strong and give you the power to react in bad situations. So please take the time to read this carefully and let us know if you have more tips or ideas.

First of all hitchhiking is safe in the most situations safety and one of the beautifullst most beautiful ways of travelling. If you have not hitchhiked jet yet and you plan to do it in the future you should get more informations about hitch hiking hitchhiking from the internet. There are a lot of good tipps collections about hitch hikinghitchhiking. Here are just only some good tipps. When you want to reach a fare far place firstly , first write down only the first letters of the next big city. You should try to jump in steps to your place you want to go. At far distance hitch hiking hitchhiking, it is seldom that you will get a top lift directly to the plac place you want to go. You should look into the eyes from the drivers which are passing you. Mostly you have can even seen tell it by a look that the dirver will stop his car for you. When there are Highways highways with petrol stations you should try to go get to these wonderful spots as fast as possible on these wonderfull spots. From there you can easily ask the drivers like that: "Excause Excuse me, are you driving in direction to Berlin and have some free place for taking me with you?"

If you are unsure about hitchhiking alone you should hitchhike with friends. Hitchhiking with a friend is realy really beautiful because it is not getting boring on while standing long standing time and you can exchange change while somebody talks with the driver and the other can find rest and maybe sleep in the back of the car. If you find nobody for hitchhiking with you , try to get in contact with somebody in on the internet. For example you can find a black brett??? board on abgefahren.hitchbase.com or the international mailing lists where you can connect to other hitch hikers.

We want to give you reasons here reasons , why not to enter a car even when it is raining, you have stood two hours in one place and your are pissed of because all the drivers before didn't want to take you and a car has stopped in front of you. The first talk with the driver is very important and shows you a lot if the driver wants you to take for some other reason with the car. You should never just jump into the car without making a little talk with the driver. During the talk you should go trough your checklist in your head like that: Where is the driver going? Which way he will he go through? Where can you can leave the car at a good hitchhiking spot to get maybe a second lift on a good place? Is the driver drunk? Is there more than one person in the car? Where can I put my stuff? Is the driver kind and helpful? Does it really make sense to go with the driver or is it maybe it's better just to stay? Should I write down the number plate from of the car?

This all sounds really easy when you remember these hectic situations where you just jumped in because there have been a lot of cars around and the driver wants to start the car again. You should really learn to get cool and easy. There is no reason why to stress. The really best way for cool hitch hiking hitchhiking is to start from a petrol station or to get a lift as fast as possible to such a start pointas fast as possible. On a petrol station the drivers are more relaxed and you can get an overview really easy an overview.

The situation is there that you feel not comfortable anymore with the driver. The Your feeling says tells you to better to leave the car. For There can be different reasons for leaving a car there could be different reasons like, the driver is drunken, the driver is not driving this the direction he wanted to go, the driver is driving really fast and scary, the driver touches your legs all the time your legs, the driver did ask asked you for sex... In any way , the reason why you have a strange feeling is not that important. Important is that you hear at listen to that feeling and try to get out of the car. You should handle act cool and overstanding, don(???). Don't let the driver see that you are unsure. Simply say tell the driver to stop the car. A good stop for the car is a place like a petrol station, bus station something where you are not alone when you leave the car. You should train and try to leave a car on normal hitchhiking lifts. For the most people it is not that easy to lie in that way because before you did say some told an other aim where you want to go. You should not care about lying. When it seems to be that the driver dondoesn't want to stop at that place you have said it is time for you to handle start acting in any way.

First of all try to make you visible for other people. Write a SMS or make a directly Phone Call direct phone call to a friend and tell him the important fact facts about the driver, where you are and in which car you are sitting. When you have no mobile phone and it makes no sense to make a call because you are traveling in foreign countries try to get notice noticed by other car driverdrivers. You can hold a paper with the word "HELP" out of the window or just open the window and try to get in conntact with other car drivers. The most important fact advantage for you ist is that the car driver have has to concentrate on the street. The driver will not be able to punish you and secondly at the same time drive the car with 200 100 km/h at on a highway. You should can try to make the driver nervous and do strange things like laughing, screaming or destroying the drivers car. You can try to get in into the back of the car because there, you are now not that good less reachable for the driver, but be carefull because some cars have these kids kid's looks. You can burn a paper in the car and make a fire inside. You should can try to open the door (but with seatbelt). With your feeds feet you have a big power so why not break the door or the window. You can also try to get the key from the car because in the most cars the car will stop and not be moveable with the steering wheel any more. In any way If the driver stops , maybe because of a traffic light or because he is confused , you should try to leave the car and run away. Don't car care about your big stuff (it is good to have the most important things like id-card, money and so on all the time with you). When you run away you should try to find your way to other people. When you have the time to write down the letters from the serial number plate.

Worst The worst case could be that the driver started to hassle you and dont doesn't want to stop anymore. Maybe the driver has even punished hurt you. It is realy time for you to recognice recognize that you are in trouble and for sure the driver will you not let you go just because you said you want to leave the car. Concentrate on getting out of the driver car as fast as possible and dont don't care anymore about your stuff.  If the driver is stronger than you maybe it is not that good idea to punish the driver because you will get back harder hits. When you want to hit somebodey think befor where you want to make a hit. Where to hit a man should be clear. Of course there are some other places like pushing your fingers into the eyes from the other person or try to bite in the ears and nose. (diesen part sollte man wirklich mal verlängern und vielleicht mal bei selbstverteidgungskursen für frauen abchecken) That you feel safer you can also take a pepper spray with you what you can use. Or you can also use a lighter and a deodorant or just pure deodorant. In any way you should know that you enemy could also use your stuff against you. Also for pepper spray you should be carefull because in some lands they are forbidden and you can get trouble at the borderanymore.

You have no doubts what If the driver wants is stronger than you maybe it is not that good idea to sart attacking the driver physically because you will get back harder hits. When you want to hit somebodey think about where you want to make a hit beforehand. Where to hit a man should be clear. Of course there are some other places like pushing your fingers into the eyes from youthe other person or trying to bite in ears or nose. (diesen part sollte man wirklich mal verlängern und vielleicht mal bei selbstverteidgungskursen für frauen abchecken)

If you have no doubts what the driver wants from you:*throwing throw things out of the car

*open the door during the ride and try to brake break the door with your feeds feet (only belted up)

*be careful by while jumping out of a truck; be aware of the height