I was driving my Brother from the Surf Club to the Club for more beers and saw 2 teenage girls stumbling on the road and waving us down, being a girl myself I thought I'd check to see if they were ok. My brother wound down his window and straight away you could tell they were BLIND drunk and asked me for a lift.
I let them in as I thought what if some weirdo picks them up and where they were going was on the way.
These girls were so freaking lucky because when I stopped they couldn't get out because I have child locks on the back doors.I had to actually get out to open the doors. I don't even have window winders in the back anymore because of the kids winding them right down and not being able to do them up (anyone with a 2 or 3 year old will understand!) and I got sick of constantly pulling over to do it.
I heard stories about girls being raped and worse this way and I wondered if they even thought twice doing it. They are so friggen stupid! I think at the most they were 15 or 16....
yeah i hate hitch hiking gives me the creeps thhinking what people i dont know are like and im in their car with them ...... lucky ive only had to do it a few times
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I know its the worst thing you can do, but i have a problem saying no to people, so ive given a few people lifts.. once these people gave me $50 for driving them 10 mins down the rd
another time was on new years (couple years ago) at about 2.30 in the morning this lady was walking down the middle of the rd n i had to stop at the lights n she came up n asked for a lift.. while i was takin her to where she was goin another 5 people asked for lifts haha taxi drivers must love new years
but yeah.. its a really bad idea to hitch hike.. and probably equally as bad (if not a little worse) to pick people up
DONT DO IT!!! (thats why mobiles were invented)
I've never asked for a lift, and never given anyone a lift.....unless I know them. It's too risky for both parties.
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im a little more worried about the fact they were blind drunk (the two teenage girls) i mean where the **** are the parents?????
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same here, best to get your mate sit in the rear to keep an eye on them.
as Sharoo mentioned, i get that thought if some something bad could happen to them since their drunk.
but then again since they where soo young, they should walk the whole back home stumbling like fools, maybe their folks/family friends might have seen them.
I usually pick up hitchhikers,unless they look too dodgy.Had one drunk guy i picked up one night when i was 17 try to take my RX4 on me....luckily a mate was having a party not far away,drove there and the offender was dealt with.....but i always give female hitchhikers a big lecture on the dangers of hitchhiking etc when i pick them up.....
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a group (probably 6 or so) teenage boys asked me for a lift last night. one of them was bawling his eyes out, told me some sop story, and expected me to drive all them to a location about 20 minutes away.
im like, 6 drunk teens, walking from a place known for its "gangs", all drunk out of their mind, in my car? no thanks!
when i said no i was waiting to get stabbed.
Picked up a few hitch hikers in my time, always in well populated areas though as it has only been myself in the car generally, I would be a lot less inclined to do it out in the country though.
Would never pick up a hitchhiker. Not my problem they can't get a lift / job/ car / taxi.
As for mates, if they are desperate and are stuck, ill give them lifts, if they just wanna get smashed and go out and want me to take them, i tell them to get a taxi or public transport. I always give my sister lifts to work and pick my missus up from wherever / whenever but she has a car anyways and doesn't drink. So she is usually not in need of lifts.
Originally Posted by wikky
I dont pick hitchhikers up, Although I just about always stop for people who are broken down, ive sent many cars back on there way too.
99% of hitchhikers I see arn't even trying, they stand in one spot and wave at you or stick there thumb out, or run out to try and block you off and make you stop, but if they only would at least try to walk to there destination.
I love hitch hikers, slow right down and start to pull over, then take off, there face is priceless everytime
Or pull up, "Sick of walking mate", hitchhikers "Yeah" as they start to thankyou, say "Well start running" and take off lol.
In seriousness nah I dont pick up hitchhikers, the ones I have seen generally stink and I care for my car to much to have it smelling lol. But as DannyboyDS said, I always try and stop for people broken down, depending on where and when. I do alot of night driving on country roads so Ill always stop, but I wouldnt stop for someone in Melbourne in broad daylight caus really I wouldnt be much help to what they could get and would just waste my time.
I've had the opposite once... was walking home fairly drunk and some p plater bird picked me up and took me home...
Now I'm not a huge bloke or particularly mean looking... but If i was a creep... there is nothing she could have done about it...
Some people are too trusting... or just plain too stupid and get themselves into serious trouble...
At the start of last year, we had a very brutal murder, a bloke pick a 18yo up after she had been clubbing, and murder her in a very disterbing way. Her body was found a few days later in the bush. very sad time in our town. The murder wasn't cought for 3 months. The next saturday morning on my way to work at 4.30am, a young girl about 18-19 came up to me when i was at the bank, and asked for a lift home. There is no way she didn't know what happened the weekend before, because being a smallish town everyone knew. For all she knew i could of been the murder. I didn't give her a lift, But i hailed a taxi and gave the driver $20. I usually wouldn't care and just said no and driven off, but i couldn't drive off leaving her the to ask random people for lifts, when a murder was at large.
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Wade Cam :: 9.2:1 CR :: Pacemaker headers :: Twin 2.5" Exhaust :: VT Brakes
1991 Supercharged VN Berlina
9 PSI SC14 Intercooled :: Genie headers :: Twin cats :: HM Twin 2.25 exhaust :: 3.45:1 LSD
nevermind. reread it
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Wade Cam :: 9.2:1 CR :: Pacemaker headers :: Twin 2.5" Exhaust :: VT Brakes
1991 Supercharged VN Berlina
9 PSI SC14 Intercooled :: Genie headers :: Twin cats :: HM Twin 2.25 exhaust :: 3.45:1 LSD
you should just pull over and introduce yourself as ivan malat. See if any of those dopey bastards read the paper lol.