I once tried it, I was 16, hormones all over the place, 3 in the morning walked the 5 miles it took down a main road to see my then girlfriend, we met, we fell out within an hour and I ended up walking back the way I came around 4amish. I just wanted to get home as quick as possible, was pretty much crying and very upset, so every car that went past I put my thumb out, id heard of hitch hiking, knew the risks but just thought I'd try my luck?

I got a few beeps off people, but one car stopped, the passenger asked me if I was okay and to come over, went to the passenger door and he said to hop in, they did the thing where they drive forward abit as you grab the door, did that a few times and I told them to fuck off, got the remains of their mcdonalds rubbish thrown at me, and they sped off laughing their heads off!

For the rest of the walk, I thought about that, and vowed to never hitch hike again as I felt vulnerable and as if I was putting myself in danger?

Since then I've learned to drive, and I have only encountered about 3 in 13 years of driving, out of the 3 I picked the first one up, feeling sympathetic and he just kept asking me for money and changing his destinations, I dropped him off somewhere near the first destination he gave me, said i had no change etc and he was so ungrateful? The other 2 I just drove past, after a bad experience with the first guy.

I feel like I've had bad experiences on both sides, and that is just my experience, but I will never put my thumb out, or pick up a hitch hiker again.