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	Hitchhiking in Slovakia - Slovensko.com
		Hitchhiking in the Slovak language is called 'autostop' and to hitch a ride is to 'stopovat'.
		Although there are odd cases of violence involving hitchhikers, the numbers are very few considering the number of happy hitchhikers who got to their destination safely.
		The customery signal for a hitchhiker to use is a slightly raised straight hand with a raised thumb and closed fist.
	www.slovensko.com /about/hitchhiking (424 words)

	Hitchhiking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hitchhiking (also called lifting, thumbing or hitching, Thumb up a ride) is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver or occasionally even a motorcycle driver.
		Hitchhiking is often resorted to by stranded motorists or people without money or transportation such as the homeless or students while others engage in it as a passion or even sport.
		Hitchhiking is often combined with other cheap forms of transportation, such as walking or travelling by bus or train.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hitchhiking (3140 words)

	Hitchhiking (9 pgs. 6 illus.) - Art of Travel - European and World Backpacking
		In this age what hitchhikers see and do and learn may not make headlines, but on a personal level their achievements are impressive.
		Hitchhiking in Italy, while exciting, is dangerous since about one Italian driver in five is actively seeking a meeting with God.
		Gallant hitchhikers, however--and there are many--inquire of their driver if there might also be room for the poor sunburnt chap up the road.
	www.artoftravel.com /13hitchhiking.htm (3169 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Can "hitchhiking" help commuters? Consultant seeks to ease congestion
		Raney says he began exploring the "digital hitchhiking" concept several years ago while he was pursuing a master's degree in transportation planning at the University of California, Berkeley.
		When a prospective hitchhiker who lives near 148th is ready to leave home, he'd contact a server through his home computer or by cellphone.
		Hitchhikers could walk or bike there — all the drivers' cars would have bike racks — while checking the status of their ride continually if they choose.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002094189_hitchhike18m.html (1239 words)

	Hitchhiking in Japan - Wikitravel
		Hitchhiking in Japan is the key to true budget travel in the country and the way to escape the country's ruinously expensive domestic transport costs, where an hour on the Shinkansen can set you back ¥10,000.
		Hitchhiking does present its own unique challenges, but the purpose of this article is to demonstrate that not only is hitching out possible, it's downright easy...
		In general, hitchhiking is legal and Japanese police don't hassle hitchhikers, but they do have fairly wide-ranging powers to act on anything that disturbs or distracts traffic, so use common sense.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Hitchhiking_in_Japan (3337 words)

	Hitchhiking... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Hitchhiking used to be safer (30-50 years ago), but now it's dangerous.
		The only problem in picking up a hitchhiker (for me so far) has been the time that the state policeman pulled in right behind me. thankfully he just gave me a warning (it was snowing and the christmas season).
		They were these two women whose U-Haul had run out of gas, and they were pretty scared of me until they realized that I was a woman also and not likely to leave their dismembered corpses in a ditch somewhere.
	surveycentral.org /survey/700.html (950 words)

	Hitchhiking in Japan - Wikitravel
		Hitchhiking in Japan is the key to true budget travel in the country and the way to escape the country's ruinously expensive domestic transport costs, where an hour on the Shinkansen can set you back ¥10,000.
		Hitchhiking does present its own unique challenges, but the purpose of this article is to demonstrate that not only is hitching out possible, it's downright easy...
		In general, hitchhiking is legal and Japanese police don't hassle hitchhikers, but they do have fairly wide-ranging powers to act on anything that disturbs or distracts traffic, so use common sense.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hitchhiking_in_Japan (3289 words)

	Ultimate Hitchhiker
		This hitchhiking plant is occasionally encountered on dry slopes and mesas of coastal San Diego County.
		Several species of this remarkable hitchhiking herb are native to the midwestern and eastern United States.
		Some of the Large Hitchhikers On Big Animals, such as the North and South American devil's claws (Proboscidea and Ibicella) may have ridden on the legs and fetlocks of large extinct mammals that once roamed vast plains more than 500 thousand years ago.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /plmay98.htm (2897 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Rule Of Thumb: Road veterans say hitchhiking can help make life better in a fear-filled society
		A lifetime hitchhiker, musician and writer, Wald, 47, says he believes that the citizens of the United States have become prisoners of an unwarranted wave of fear and paranoia.
		In North Carolina it is legal to hitchhike as long as you stand on the shoulder of a state road.
		Wald maintains that hitchhiking is the "perfect antidote" for society's alienation because the intimate encounters with random strangers who welcome you to their space will bring about growth and openness.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835256316 (1007 words)

	Hitchhiking Under Positive Darwinian Selection -- Fay and Wu 155 (3): 1405 -- Genetics
		The inset shows the proportion of variants in a population that are expected to increase or decrease in frequency during a hitchhiking event and the resulting frequency spectrum found under the deterministic model.
		The two double arrows indicate the size of the region affected by hitchhiking: the smaller one (~350 bp) has lost nearly all variation and the larger one (~700 bp) encompasses the region where there is an excess of high-frequency variants.
		to divergence, hitchhiking was inferred to have homogenized
	www.genetics.org /cgi/content/full/155/3/1405 (4991 words)

	Hitchhiking in Europe - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Hitchhiking in Europe is a pleasant way to meet lots of people, and travel without spending too many euros.
		Hitchhiking near the bus stop should get you a ride in less than 5 minutes during traffic hours.
		There are official hitchhiking spots (liftershaltes) in at the center or edge of 7 cities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hitchhiking_in_Europe (895 words)

	Hitchhiking Wiki:About - Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking
		The Hitchhiking Wiki is collecting tips about good hitchhiking places, knowledge about hitchhiking possibilities in different countries, general know-how about what to pack and when to go, what to eat, and how to stay safe.
		The idea in the Hitchhike Wiki is not to compete with other already existing marvellous hitchhiking sites, but to provide a way to reorganize a lot of the existing knowhow into one, easily searchable guide.
		It's for all hitchhikers, and for all hitchhikers' communities.
	hitchhiking.wikia.com /wiki/Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_Hitchhiking:About (483 words)

	Hitchhiking, Road Travel and subCultural Movement - digihitch.com
		World hitchhiker Bass Drum Ben is featured in the new hitchhiking documentary, "Wide Open." The film follows Ben as he hitchhikes across the USA, asking the question: Why would one man leave a beautiful home, a great job and the woman he loves to meet fourteen strangers he may never see again?
		digihitch is a hitchhiking and road culture portal for all who are drawn to the road.
		Hitchhiking is not recommended for minors and should be carefully considered by each traveler before hitting the highway.
	www.digihitch.com (651 words)

	MetroActive Travel \| Hitchhiking
		These are not the 1960s and 1970s, decades when hitchhiking was a rite of passage, a way of breaking out of your parochial environs and into the larger world.
		At least that is the conventional wisdom, one shared by parents and cops, as well as by the boys and girls who, instead of hoisting a rucksack on the open road, now journey to malls and spend their allowances at The Gap.
		While he notes that there is some sort of fundamental constant at work between hitchhikers and the type of people who will offer rides--and it is probably that those who once hitchhiked now stop for those who continue to hitchhike--there has been a chill in the welcome.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/05.01.97/hitchhike-9718.html (1356 words)

	Amazon.com: People I Met Hitchhiking On USA Highways: Books: Eric Chaet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Hitchhiking with Chaet, we meet character after character struggling to survive as he does on just a few dollars stretched over months of wandering.
		Chase was a writer who had an unrivalled penchant for inventing characters and a dramatic ability for activating them with contagious emotions that sank into the minds of his readers.
		While the works of Chase, though inspired by reality, were chiefly fictions, "People I Met Hitchhiking" portrays the tumultuous challenges of daily existence in the endeavour to live out dreams, which viewed from a distance, appear trivial, yet culminate in the factor that distinguishes `The men' from `The boys'.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0970696507?v=glance (1609 words)

	Hitchhiking - what happened? \| Ask MetaFilter
		Hitchhiking has the impression of being more dangerous now, though I don't think it's really true (or very dangerous in the first place).
		News reporting has changed since hitchhiking was popular, television has made the world a smaller place by bringing news from other areas of the country but also made it seem much more dangerous by highlighting bad things that happen in other places as well.
		I've friends who hitchhiked coast to coast a number of times in the 80's and early 90's as teenagers but would absolutely forbid their kids because it's so much more dangerous now - even though I don't think it really is.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/39882 (4116 words)

	What killed hitchhiking? - Road Trips - MSNBC.com
		During a college break, she hitchhiked from Colorado to Alaska.
		Hitchhiking was once part of the American dream of movement and getting on the road.
		“There is no ‘safe’ place to hitchhike anywhere in the world,” said Tom Mercer of Let’s Go Publications, “but travelers still find success hitching their way from town to town in certain countries and regions of the globe.” In Europe, it’s still easy to catch rides in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6576347 (919 words)

	Elijah Wald • Hitchhiking quotations
		I recognize hitchhiking has gone out of fashion, but in that time it was very common for people to, and for people to give hitchhikers rides.
		The hitchhiking part came after I ran away from a couple of foster homes, but yeah, there were a few jail experiences as well, all of which were for being underage and on the road.
		I hitchhiked with a Canadian named Bill from Aix, all the way down the boot of Italy, over to Corfu, through Greece, and on to Crete where I lived in a Minoan cave near a town called Matala on the South side of the island with a bunch of hippies and drop-outs from the states.
	www.elijahwald.com /hitchquotes.html (4329 words)

	Nashville Fats - The Hitchhiking Prodigal Son!
		Hitchhiking features the voice, harmonica, and lyrics of Nashville Fats and the infectious dance beat by Jas.
		Prodigal Son is the original song by Nashville Fats that Jas used for Hitchhiking.
		It is a timeless story of a child leaving the farm for distant lands in search of a good time and the worried parent back home.
	qube5.com /nashvillefats/hitchhike.shtml (264 words)

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		Soldiers to be jailed for hitchhiking - News from Israel, Ynetnews
		IDF soldiers have yet to internalize the dangers of hitchhiking, say army sources.
		The soldiers were judged by senior IDF officers and sentenced to heavy military jail terms.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3162034,00.html (430 words)

	Hitchhiking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Hitchhiking tips: making hitchhiking signs, finding hitchhiking maps, eating cheap, the many various oddities associated with rubber tramping, as well as alternatives to hitchhiking.
		Hitchhiking as a Lifestyle - Sleeping, Eating and Doing Laundry.
		Hitchhike Around the World Ideas about World Hitchhiking and Hitchhiking Tips,
	www.stiffarmingsociety.com /hitchhiking (111 words)

	purevolume™ \| Hitchhiking To Abyss
		we are hitchhiking to abyss(hta) if you looked at this I'm glad you heard of us and took time to look at our small band's page
		Hitchhiking To Abyss hasn't posted a blog yet.
		Hitchhiking To Abyss hasn't posted any shows yet.
	www.purevolume.com /hitchhikingtoabyss/photos (75 words)

	Hitchhiking
		Although we believe hitchhiking is more dangerous than other forms of transportation, it also provides an adventure in and of itself.
		Libya - Hitchhiking in Libya - Brief story on the pros and cons of hitchhiking in this North African country.
		Alaska - Heartland - Hitchhiking in Alaska is a common practice.
	www.partyguideonline.com /travel/hitchhiking.html (947 words)

	AlterNet: Can Hitchhiking Save the Country?
		In that time, he's watched hitchhiking in the United States decline from a commonplace activity among people of all stripes to today's prevalent belief that you'd have to be crazy to thumb it on the road.
		I was hitchhiking with a friend in France right after the Gulf War began, and one of our drivers just went into a rant about the Americans.
		So why hitchhike when there are so many other settings in which you can meet and talk to strangers and enjoy their quirkiness and a feeling of community safely.
	www.alternet.org /story/36149 (8056 words)

	Hitchhiking Wiki:Community Portal - Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		I would suggest things along the lines of "Practical Hitchhiking", as that seems to be what close to aim of the project.
		Haven't done much hitchhiking recently (last time was in Argentina).
		I'm thinking about having the Hitchhiking Wiki hosted somewhere else, so that there won't be any ads anymore.
	hitchhiking.wikia.com /wiki/Hitchhiking_Wiki:Community_Portal (689 words)

	Hitchhiking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		I have been hitchhiking since 1996, since I was 18.
		Although many people think the opposite, it is still very much possible to hitchhike in most countries, especially in Germany, it is incredibly easy.You just have to know how to do it.
		Hitchhiker's Data Base of Places Here you will find tips for different places.
	www.hospitalityclub.org /veit/trampeneng.htm (256 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Douglas Adams - The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time at ...
		What it does contain is a short biography of the late Douglas Adams, a number of essays on a variety of topics, interviews, a couple of short stories, and the unfinished pieces of "Salmon of Doubt".
		Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is a series of radio plays, a five book trilogy, a BBC television series, a video game, and a major motion picture.
		However, I do think the subtitle of this book "Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time" and the fish in space on the cover are misleading.
	www.epinions.com /content_208568946308 (744 words)

	How do you go about hitchhiking? - Answerbag.com
		Ask a question about Hitchhiking from millions of helpful visitors, or answer a question and help someone else!
		The Overview: Basics of single-day hitchhiking intruduced: what to pack, where to stand, how to get a ride.
		Hitchhiking is a fast and cheap way to travel long distances.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/25413 (639 words)

	thebackpacker.com - trail talk - hitchhiking
		It was funny, you ask them for directions, and they take the ride with you to show you the way.
		A girlfriend and I would hitchhike on one of the longest streets in my town.
		We'd start at one end and go as far as that car would take us then on to the next until we reached the end of that street and start all over again the other way.
	www.thebackpacker.com /trailtalk/thread/9103,-1.php (2947 words)

	Getting around Russia hitchhiking -- WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia
		The best places to hitchhike are gas stations (where the cars come out), special stops for trucks (where the driver have little picnics), next to traffic police stations or other places where drivers have to slow down.
		The fastest way to hitchhike if you're a boy and a girl, because the drivers will always want to help a girl, and as there'll be a boy, the girl won't have any problems.
		It's better to hitchhike when it's still daytime, somewhere around 8am and 8pm.
	www.waytorussia.net /Transport/Domestic/Hitchhiking.html (345 words)

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