One page guide to safe hitchhiking

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Hi, this should be a project page to collect and save content for safety hitchhiking. The Aim of this project is to collect tipps about safety by hitch hiking am produce a printable, good readable, not boring pdf-file. Pleace feel free to edit and collecting tipps. - mabe

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  • Introduction
    • I think it makes no sense to deny that hitchhiking is in all situations save. as earlier people know that and think about it as better they can react in bad situations. so in this paper we should mention this fact. link
    • I think there are 3 steps of situations which are dependent on the driver actions and your reactions:
  1. Before you enter the car, how to know to enter, why not enter, driver might be very kind to you so no reason why not to enter
  2. Leave a driving car because you get a bad feeling and have recognized that the driver wants more that just give you a lift. link
  3. I think the 3rd step is the most worst case, what can I do when really somebody wants to kill me/ to rape me/ to steal my money! I am sure that in the most cases you will not recognize this situations so fast, because the driver was all the time very kind and funny to you. He builds up a friendly relationship to you. So I even believe that to get raped must not be in a car (you know the stories about raped family members).
    • Seems to be prostitute, get out information from [1]

What to do in the worst case?

  • push in the front window with your feet (in a standing car) (it works on top in the middle. and no car driver wants this to happen)
  • lighter and deo-spray...
  • throwing things out of the car
  • grab the steering wheel
  • pull the handbrake
  • have with you a "Help"-sign and hold it to the window
  • let out a guffaw, use the element of surprise
  • pretend having an epileptic fit
  • open the door during the ride and try to brake the door with your feeds (only belted up)
  • turn on the hazard lights /the flashing light/ honk
  • be careful by jumping out of a truck. Be aware of the altitude.