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[[ImageFile:Eurizons hitchhikerneverdie clown.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bright colors are good]]

The first and most important details are the '''clothes''' you wear. Try to wear '''bright colored''', well visible clothes. This is extremely important during the [[hitchhiking at night|night ]] or in bad [[weather]], but also during sunshine. A Yellow yellow or Orange Shirt/Pullover/Jacket orange shirt, pullover or jacket works best. If you don't want to spent spend much money on new gear, a '''reflective warning vest''' pulled over your jacket will perfectly do the job. This is also extremely important while walking on a dangerous road trying to find a good spot.

Obviously there is a difference between hitching in Spain in To limit the summer and in Scandinavia during wintertimeamount of clothes you take with you; use layers. NeverthelessIn the morning you start with several layers, as it is often smart to buy some '''good outdoor stuff'''gets warmer you take them off and at night you can wear them again. It is light and dries very fast. There is nothing worse than a '''wet jeans''' or '''cotton'''-shirt s great if ityou can adapt to your driver's bellow 10°C. Plusair conditioning, or the sudden rain or 4 km tunnel when you can wash it and it dries fast. '''Outdoor wear''' differs a lot re in the degree it adopts smell. You can wear some for days without smelling, others stink after two hours hikingback of a pick up truck.

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'''Hitchhiking is an outdoor sport and it pays off to wear good shoes. They might not be best for dancing when you reach your destination, but it is important while walking along the road. At times you might need to cross rocky areas, puddles, mud, snow etc. Sometimes you have to be quick and step off the road due to big trucks etc. [[File:Parnu-riga.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Warm clothes can save your life - [[User:Amylin|Amylin]] hitching to [[Riga]] in the snow]] Avoid dark''' or military clothes, they do not create a lot of [[trust]]fulness. Looking too much like a colorful hippie will possibly scare other drivers off. Take off your hat (unless it's a really funny one), don't wear gloves, open your jacket, even though you might freeze. Also helpful are t-shirts that identify you with something, be it a country, a football team or a band - [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] has been picked up because of his "Switzerland" t-shirt more than once. Sometimes, your clothes give away that you're a traveller/tourist, because the people on the street where you are usually wearing something else than what you wear. As mentioned above, it might scare people off if it is too extreme, but on the other hand it might also get people interested to look like you've stories to tell.

Show '''both your hands''' and, if possible, forearms. '''Don't''' wear a '''hat or sunglasses'''. However, is if it is just too hot and sunny to stand it with no protection choose a hat over sunglasses, as the latter hide your eyes and this makes most people suspicious. Wear a short-brimmed straw hat or a light coloured cap as long as it doesn't hide your face too much. If it is raining, it's better to use an umbrella than a hood.

'''Avoid stinking!''' This might not be the easiest part thing while hitchhiking on long distancesdistance, but remember: '''You are not the last hitchhiker this driver might pass!''' Having a stinky passenger in his the car will make the driver think twice before picking up someone again. This will make it easier for the whole hitchhiking community! Carry a second set of gear with you, '''wash your clothes regularly''', use fast -drying gear. Some outdoor gear adopts smell picks up odours faster than others, ask in the store or inform yourself before buying.  Use '''deodorants'''. Clean any mud off your shoes before hitchhiking (not in front of the eyes of the driver). Most [[rest area|service stations]] on the highway have showers. Use them in the morning if you start your journey after you camped at a service station.

Use '''deodorants'''. Clean Hygiene can save your shoes of mud before hitchhiking (not in front of the eyes of the driver)[[health]] and your life; it can prevent many sicknesses.

As If you're likely to be perceived as a Girlwoman, don't behave and look too salacious. This might give a the wrong impression.

If you've been waiting a long time it might be good to do something funny, like waving at random cars, or play some small musical instrument. Hitchhiking a bike or a motorbike will also cheer you up easily—they always look so funny showing that they would love to take you but don't have the space.