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There are '''good times''' and less good times to hitchhike. Naturally [[hitchhiking at night]] should be discouraged to anyone [[first timehitchhiking|new to hitchhiking]]. But there is more to say.
==Days of the week==
'''Friday''' afternoon is definitely the best time for hitchhiking in most western countries. So many people are rushing to visit friends or family for the weekend. Also, everyone is in a great mood, leaving their work behind and looking forward for the weekend, which makes them more likely to pick you up.
'''Sunday''' morning until noon seems the worst time to hitchhike in [[Europe]], and many other parts of the "developed" world influenced by Christianity (the [[United States of America|US]], [[Australia|Oz]], [[New Zealand|Kiwiland]] and [[Canada|Canadialand]] come to mind). Cars are full of families, with a grumpy wife on the side and not too many working people on the road. It usually gets better in the afternoon, when people are driving back from their weekend trip alone. Sundays during extended weekends due to religious holidays (e.g. Easter) are even worse; make sure to start early enough and reach your destination way before the evening hours, or you'll be stuck by extremely low traffic, esp. along German highways.
In [[Israel]] people work on Sundays so you'll be fine, but Shabbath is a horrible day for hitchhiking there since religious people are not driving at all (and they're usually quite skilled at [[picking up hitchhikers]]).
In many Muslim countries people also work on Sundays, and Friday is the day of the mosque, with considerably less traffic in countries like [[Jordan]].
In a lot of [[Europe|European]] an countries, most of the [[hitchhiking a truck|trucks]] are not allowed on the highways on Sundays until 10:00 pm. They too are a hitchhiker-fond crowd. Sometimes. However, they all leaving their places at exactly 10:00 pm. So, if you stuck late on a big service area, you can see them as a ''get-home-insurance''. It's surely not a problem to find a truck to any destination if you start asking around at around 9:30 pm. ==Time of the year==In general, because of the length of the days and the cold [[Winter]] is bad, Autumn is also not that great, especially late Autumn. Spring and Summer are best, especially around the longest day, 21st of June (in the Northern hemisphere of course).
== Time of the year ==
In general, because of the length of the days and the cold [[Winter]] is bad, Autumn is also not that great, especially late Autumn. Spring and Summer are best, especially around the longest day, 21st of June (in the Northern hemisphere of course).
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