But, you wanted to talk to these people to
be sure they weren't so stoned they would hurt you or cause you to crash the car you were driving.
Mostly you wanted a safe ride to meet someone interesting and sometimes it was a wonderful
experience back then too. But, you had to be sure they were safe to have in your car or truck first.
I stopped picking up hitch hikers when I got married and had my first child in California in 1974
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Hitchhiking was a common way of getting around in life during the '60s and '70... the better looking you were the easier it was 💐💐💐
During the 1970s one of the easiest ways to get around the country was hitchhiking… even if it was a little dangerous. Young people were drawn to the call of the two lane black top and the freedom that came with hopping in a random car and seeing where they ended up.
Some form or another of hitchhiking has existed since travel via cart has been a thing, but during the Great Depression the idea of sticking out your thumb and heading on down the road.
In the ‘70s it made sense to put your life in the hands of a stranger, but as the road grew more dangerous young people stopped hitchhiking and let this mode of travel slip into memory.
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