Hitchhiking: towards a stranger

American car boom in the 20's became the starting point for the Hitch-Hiker - people traveling on passing vehicles. «Hitch» translates as hook or seizure, «hiking» - a long journey. In our country this type of tourism called hitchhiking. It is simple - standing on the roadside, the man pulls his hand with a raised thumb and waits until the driver of a passing car will pick him. The implications of this adventure is that for the ride Hitch-Hiker pays no money, and pleasant conversations. For Americans on highways with an outstretched hand came the Europeans, although in Austria and Switzerland this craze caught on. In the 60 years of hitchhiking en masse carried away with the hippies and their favorite point of arrival was India. In the U.S., traveling across the United States were common, Hitch-hiking is mentioned in many songs and movies. And while hitchhiking repeatedly tried to ban, he still will persist. French authorities have equated hitchhiking to prostitution, but to deal with tourists was useless. The Americans also tried to ban the "vote" on the sidelines, but, on reflection, have introduced special health insurance card, provide free medical treatment for passengers and drivers in an accident. In Hitchhiking must necessarily take the atlas, where you can make notes: a cafe with a tasty and cheap food, hotels, parking truckers, hospitals, villages beside the highway, where you can ask for help ... This useful information is very useful in the future Hitch-Hiker, as well as his friends, who gather to repeat the route. Suffering from topographical cretinism have a harder time, but even for them there is salvation - to understand the logic of building roads. For example, on American roads is quite simple to navigate. In the U.S. there are several types of tracks - high-speed highways and country roads. Highways are divided into federal (interstate) and state-owned (state). The former are faster, they organized recreational drivers (motels, cafes), gas stations, service stations. Each of the federal highway has its own serial number. There are rare billboards, directions separates the green strip of lawn. The latter also lead to settlements. In Russia, too, there are several federal and major highways, from which branch off toward town. Quality of roads, as we know, leaves much to be desired, but motorists are emotional. To attract the attention of drivers of passing cars, Hitch hajkery hold in the hand sign with his point of destination and witty captions like "crossword puzzles" or "a life without drugs." Drivers of cars are stopped less frequently because they are afraid that they robbed. But the truckers, on the contrary, themselves sometimes fearsome tourists. But it is bloated in the movie myth in the lives of these guys are very friendly. There are many fan clubs hitchhiking, where they discuss the routes and tell stories and share their impressions of the places where they were able to attend. In Hitch-Hiker there are some very important rules that will help them on the road. Such tourism is not a way to save on tickets or gasoline. Hiking strangers are always ready to share what they have - knowledge about different cities, traffic information, entertain monotonous road truckers interesting conversations and fresh anecdotes and even chop firewood in the house where their shelter for the night. Hitchhiking can be different, ranging from amateur to professional sports. Minded trip "for" called domestic hitchhiker, usually resorted to her inept people who want to save time and money, for example, to travel from one settlement to another. Maestros Hitch-hiking condescendingly referred to such profane "seals." Incidentally, the first trip hitch - a rather dangerous exercise for the untrained person. Often the first experience determines whether a person will continue to engage in such tourism, or prefer a more traditional way of transportation. Long-distance travel ride to hitch-called expeditionary. Moreover, the associated transport is not limited to automobiles, you can use ships and even airplanes. This Hitch-hiking tightens and inspires no one knows what awaits him tomorrow on the road. For someone hitchhiking from a hobby has turned into the sport. For example, in Russia for many years, the competition is held on the Hitch-hiking: the participants get to the passing transport along a certain route and previously agreed in the terms from one place to another. Who first arrived at the finish line - wins. In the Soviet Union even existed icons that participants were given the competition for hitchhiking. Perhaps someone's parents are still lying in the memory of a carefree youth.