Tips for novice autostoppers

This article contains tips for novice autostoppers, for big lovers of romance, adventure and travel.

Although this method of transportation is not safe and does not provide a choice of comfort level during trips, but also due to long downtime on the roadside in the voting process, in the breaks the traveler is provided with a wealth of vivid impressions for the minimum cost.

Tips for novice autostoppers:

Experienced auto-stoppers, or even so-called "hit-hikers", are well aware of the fact that drivers can be roughly divided into three types of "altruistic drivers", "selfish drivers", and "doubtful drivers". The speed of the traveler's travel along the route will depend on the type of fellow traveler, for example - the altruist will certainly stop, the category of "doubters" will have to be negotiated, and the laconic "egoist" will not even pay attention to the wanderer on the road.

Hitchhiking is best in pairs, because of a small number of options, "two in a bunch" is the most reliable and effective way to get in the way, and not on the sidelines, when the travelers are a whole group or worse - in an unpleasant dangerous situation when the traveler is alone, Moreover and a female ...

It is important to remember and know: no matter how many participants in the group there are, hitch - hiking is a fascinating adventure, requiring a person to have a wit, a sense of reason and an endless optimistic mood.

Further important and necessary moment in hitchhiking is the presence of the necessary list of things that the traveler must necessarily carry with him, traveling on the road for any distance, in any direction and any time of the year. So, you need to have with you the following: documents (passport and medical policy in case of emergency medical care), money, personal hygiene items, set of changeable underwear and clothes, first-aid kit, raincoat, dry ration, matches, maps, knife, flashlight . This is all the most necessary, all the other attributes in the backpack will depend on the chosen route and its duration, weather conditions in the locality of movement and other ... It is not necessary, however, to forget that all things will need to be carried on all the time, Only the most necessary, so as not to burden your journey with extra ballast.

Before the beginning of the path, it is better to at least roughly compose and plan your route. In the initial point of the route it is necessary to choose the busiest route, thus providing a better chance for the meeting of fellow travelers.

To stop it is necessary traditional gesture of all autostopers of any country - the extended hand and the thumb raised upward. The appearance of a traveler who inspires confidence must be neat and tidy.

To stop any car - passenger or cargo. It is important when stopping clearly and distinctly immediately explain to the driver why they stopped and where to get to. If the path passes in a foreign country and there are difficulties with knowing the language - a map and gestures to help! Although the availability of a dictionary or phrase book can also help in establishing contact, if you know how to use them.

During the trip, you need to observe decency and not enter into controversial discussions with fellow travelers, you can just keep quiet or keep the conversation in a peaceful channel. If the company is still suspicious of behavior and unpleasant, you need to find an excuse to leave the car and start looking for another ride.

On the occasion of a rest during the road - it can be a quiet calm sleep during a trip, if the driver will arrange this option (not everyone will agree to a sleeping passenger in the cabin), or in rest rooms at railway stations or bus stations, or even in the open air ... The truth and stopping options for acquaintances or close ones (when there are any in settlements along the route), and has become a popular way of stopping recently like-minded people in such events, sought after in social networks and on thematic forums Rennet.

Here, in fact, and all the short guide for beginners hitchhiking.

Vivid impressions and more drivers-altruists on the road!