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Personally I only hitch hiked once, that was the mid eighties. I have on a few occasions been picked up after my vehicle broke down for one reason or another. My vehicles are well kept and I generally am clean and reasonably well dressed. So I assume when people see me they think he must be OK? On those few occasions I was picked up by white men 30-60ish years of age driving pick up trucks.
I have also on a few occasions offered rides. Always women/girls that looked like they needed assistance. Once a woman walking the side of the road with a small child in a rural area and a down pour. The road was relatively busy. Not a good place to be walking with a small child. But it was clear she was walking out of necessity and got caught in the rain. I drove her about a mile to her destination.
Another time I saw a woman walking carrying a bunch of shopping bags from the food store. It was a hot humid summer day. I asked if she would like a ride? she accepted and I drove her home.
Another time I saw a girl walking the side of the road ( a causeway between islands) crying. She was a bout in the middle between islands, a few mines in either direction. I turned around and offered her a ride. I took her a few miles to a safe destination that had a phone. This was before cellphones.
Another time I saw a woman broken down on the side of the road with five or six kids. Loaded them all in and took them to the local PD so she could get assistance.
I haven't seen hitch hikers in years until last week. Saw two Asian girls with their thumbs out. In a safe town obviously just looking to get from point A-B. I passed them by.
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