Editing Hitchhikers (section)

== Good Techniques ==
* The number one rule!  Know when to say "NO."  If you feel uncomfortable before getting in a car for a ride, trust your instincts no matter how desperate you are.  
*If you feel uncomfortable during a ride, or find your driver going in a direction you don't want to be going, be firm and ask to be dropped off on the side of the road immediately.
* Have a clear, well written sign with a destination in black on white paper - it is to instantly show your personality and cleanliness.
* Stand where safe and where vehicles are moving very slowely already, so it is easy and safe for the driver to stop. Put yourself in their seat, so to speak.
* Smile and make eye contact, so avoid sunglasses and hats, if possible, and be very tidy.
* Two women is the best combination, secondly a couple - for fast and safe lifts.
* Show respect and make interesting and polite conversation, and learn to listen - there is often a reason why someone wants to have a passenger.
* Tread carefully when having conversation about [[sex]], politics, race, or religion.
* Learn to be patient, relax, and never get angry at passing cars - Go with the flow. 
* Anything is possible! ''Expect'' nothing.
* Find good spots on [[:hitch:|Hitchwiki]] city pages.

Another, perhaps less adventurous, but often more secure option, where you share the travel expenses of the driver is [[rideshares]].