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There are '''Sundaygood times''' morning until noon seems the worst time and less good times to hitchhike in . Naturally [[hitchhiking at night]] should be discouraged to anyone [[Europefirst time hitchhiking|new to hitchhiking]]. Cars are full of families, with a grumpy wife on the side and not too many working people on the road. It usually gets better in the afternoon, when people are driving back from their weekend trip aloneBut there is more to say.
In [[Isreal]] people work on Sundays so you== Days of the week =='''Friday'''ll be fine, but Shabbath afternoon is a horrible day definitely the best time for hitchhiking there since religious in most western countries. So many people are not driving at all (rushing to visit friends or family for the weekend. Also, everyone is in a great mood, leaving their work behind and they're usually quite skilled at [[picking looking forward for the weekend, which makes them more likely to pick you up hitchhikers]]).
{{stub}}'''Sunday''' morning until noon seems the worst time to hitchhike in [[Europe]], and many other parts of the "developed" world influenced by Christianity (the [[United States of America|US]], [[Australia|Oz]], [[New Zealand|Kiwiland]] and [[Canada|Canadialand]] come to mind). Cars are full of families, with a grumpy wife on the side and not too many working people on the road. It usually gets better in the afternoon, when people are driving back from their weekend trip alone. Sundays during extended weekends due to religious holidays (e.g. Easter) are even worse; make sure to start early enough and reach your destination way before the evening hours, or you'll be stuck by extremely low traffic, esp. along German highways. On the other hand, on Sunday afternoon and early evening it is possible to catch fast & long lifts since many people visit their family, wife, husband boy/girlfriend who live far away during the weekend and have to return for work on Monday morning. In [[Israel]] people work on Sundays so you'll be fine, but Shabbath is a horrible day for hitchhiking there since religious people are not driving at all (and they're usually quite skilled at [[picking up hitchhikers]]). In many Muslim countries people also work on Sundays, and Friday is the day of the mosque, with considerably less traffic in countries like [[Jordan]]. In a lot of [[Europe]]an countries, most of the [[hitchhiking a truck|trucks]] are not allowed on the highways on Sundays until 22:00. They too are a hitchhiker-fond crowd. Sometimes. However, they all leaving their places at exactly 22:00. So, if you stuck late on a big service area, you can see them as a ''get-home-insurance''. It's surely not a problem to find a truck to any destination if you start asking around at around 21:30. == Time of the year ==In general, because of the length of the days and the cold [[Winter]] is bad, Autumn is also not that great, especially late Autumn. Spring and Summer are best, especially around the longest day, 21st of June (in the Northern hemisphere of course). [[Category:General info]]
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