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=== 2. Leaving a car? ===
The best is not to let it come to the worst case. Many long-term hitchhikers learn over time to get out of the car early on when something like sexual harassment, or strange, disconcertening remarks happen, even if it is just to avoid a bad mood. For many long-term hitchhikers being with good people becomes more important than "getting there". Many less experienced hitchhikers will think it is impolite to ask to get out for no reason, or will just want to continue the journey, because they already waited so long. It is important to do what you can to recognize what could be early signs of something going potentially seriously wrong, and get out of the car in a polite manner, while you still can.
The situation is there that you feel not comfortable anymore with the driver. Your feeling tells you to better leave the car. There can be different reasons for leaving a car like the driver is drunken, the driver is not driving the direction he wanted to go, the driver is driving really fast and scary, the driver touches your legs all the time, the driver asked you for sex... In any way, the reason why you have a strange feeling is not that important. Important is that you listen to that feeling and try to get out of the car. You should act cool and overstanding(???). Don't let the driver see that you are unsure. Simply 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 told an other aim where you want to go. You should not care about lying. When it seems that the driver doesn't want to stop at that place you have said it is time for you to start acting in any way.
If the driver is stronger than you, maybe it is not a good idea to start attacking the driver physically because you will get back harder hits. When you want to hit somebody 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 of the other person or trying to bite in ears or nose. (de:diesen part sollte man wirklich mal verlängern und vielleicht mal bei selbstverteidgungskursen für frauen abchecken|en:This part should be expanded and probably referenced with women' self defense courses.)
To feel safer you can also take a [[pepper spray ]] with you that you can use. You can also use a lighter and a deodorant or just pure deodorant. In any way you should know that your enemy could also use your stuff against you. Also for pepper spray you should be carefull because in some countries they are forbidden and you can get in trouble at the border.
If you have no doubts what the driver wants from you:
* throw things out of the car
* grab the steering wheel
* pull the handbrake ***DO NOT try this, as it will result in a crash.
* have with you a "Help" sign and hold it to the window
* let out a guffaw, use the element of surprise
