Have you ever been hitchhiking?
Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other vehicle. A ride is usually, but not always, free.
Itinerants have also used hitchhiking as a primary mode of travel for the better part of the last century, and continue to do so today.
Signaling methods.
- Signals used by hitchhikers
Hitchhikers use a variety of signals to indicate they need a ride. Indicators
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- Jim Hirschfeld - "Captain Kangaroo" (CBS)
- Jon Stone - "Sesame Street" (PBS)
1984
- Robert Mandel - "ABC Afterschool Special" ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)
- Harry Harris - "ABC Afterschool Special" ("Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?") (ABC)
- Claudia Weill - "ABC Afterschool Special" ("The Great Love Experiment") (