Hitchhiking: Where to Stand When You Hitchhike

 

The Overview: What makes a good Hitchhiking Spot?, and finding a good spot for hitchhiking.

Finding the a suitable spot to hitchhike from is of primary importance. Learning to see a good hitchhiking pitch and then learning to get dropped off at another will continually save several hours in your total traveling time.

A Good Hitchhiking Location has these common features:

• is on a straight stretch of road ( 700 meters in either direction)
• cars passing at less than 50 mph / 80km/hr
• The lighting allows you to make eye contact with passing drivers
• Most of the cars are headed in your direction
• there is a visible and easily manageable Pull-Over and Pick-Up area

An Ideal Hitchhike Post:

• is Similar but the road has an incline. They can see you for a longer time.
• ONLY exists during daytime
• May have more than one hitchhiker in sight

I often see people trying to hitchhike where there is no place for the cars to pull over.

A Bad Place to Hitchhike has any other the following:

• No place for cars to pull over
• Cars passing at high speed
• Passing cars not going your direction
• Poorly Light, drivers can not see your eyes, sign or face
  

The Resolve: Stand where the cars can see you, read your sign and then easily pull-over and stop.