Hitch -hikers…Would you stop for one? (Excluding the ones who were fit and gagging for it! 
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Nah, not in a million years. Only because i’m a miserable bugger and prefer the sound of my own voice! 
I used to stop for squaddies - but I think they’ve been stopped from hitching now…
i have stopped in the past for trade plater’s, the last was just seemed a bit weird, and was glad when he said “here’s fine mate” on the M65, admitedly, i have picked up a couple of young ladys once or twice, all in the name of equality of course 
not any more though, too much at risk with high value loads, and too many nutter’s around
I almost picked one up yesterday, he was looking to head to one of my way points. When I spoke to him, the smell from him was atrocious. I beat it sharpish! 
it depends upon their cleanliness.
mjbaron:
i have stopped in the past for trade plater’s, the last was just seemed a bit weird, and was glad when he said “here’s fine mate” on the M65, admitedly, i have picked up a couple of young ladys once or twice, all in the name of equality of course
Ah yes Trade platers. That just reminded me of the one who opened my passenger door at a red light on the A22 at Godstone, just about to join the M25. Pulls himself up into the seat and says “You’re going my way mate aren’t ya?” After about 3 seconds of disbelief I showed him my brake light test tool, which is a sawn off baseball bat that fits nicely between the brake pedal and the seat base, whereupon he swiftly decided that perhaps I wasn’t going his way after all. Very handy, the “Brake light test tool” 
I dont pick them up,havent done so for about 15 yrs,too much hassle.
When i did pick them up, they were never ‘normal’,they always talked ■■■■■■■■,i.e. they earned £1000 a week only worked 3 days a week and had 12 weeks holidays a year,bla,bla,bla.
I cant understand why people hitch-hike when you can get a coach from Glasgow to London for about £12 return.
Got sent to a hitch hiker the other day. On arrival it was an old boy, 60 plus, reasonably well dressed, towing a suitcase behind him attached to a belt. He kept wandering into the slip road main carriageway so we decided to have a word and give him some advice on keeping safe. He was walking down the slip towards the motorway and when i jumped out of the car and walked towards him he turned round, snarled at me and told me to F*** o**. Nice bloke.
Decided to not put any pressure on him so we followed a couple of hundred metres behind him and asked the Police to attend. Shame it was at shift change so the poor sod managed to walk nearly a mile along the motorway before a white van pulled in. When the old feller got there the driver jumped out, well dressed young bloke who offered to give him a lift to help us out. Turned out the van was off to Preston and the old boy to Carlisle.
Bearing in mind we had signs set for pedestrians, speeds at 50 and even a lane one closure as he kept wandering i was surprised the van driver stopped. I thought it was a big risk for him, not knowing who the old boy was, he never did speak to me and i’m a nice bloke too!! The van driver was English, so was the old boy, the van driver looked pretty handy so i dont think he was worried about being attacked either, hands like shovels, not had this happen before.
Mick.
bigvern1:
Hitch -hikers…Would you stop for one? (Excluding the ones who were fit and gagging for it!
Yeah, but not in the work wagon cos I’d lose the job (‘…infringement, insurance …blah… etc’).
I used to hitch thirty plus years ago between Essex & Wiltshire to save train fair and it stirred the ambition to eventually get the C+E thing sorted.
Dunno what I’d be doing now if it weren’t for that but most hitchers I see these days don’t seem to have thirty years left in them, what with substance abuse and/or suicidal tendencies seeming to be an associated lifestyle characteristic.
Many of them aren’t too pleasantly fragrant but I suppose my attitude is more focussed to encourage spirited people or those on a downer & be sociable in today’s ‘Jack Britain’ than worry about a transient stink.
I occasionally gob-off about “when I gave a lift to a Steptoe lookalike uncle of one of the IRA bods shot in Gibraltar shortly after it happened”.
‘…Fit and gagging for it…’ - you are having a laugh!
My 20 year old (Student ) kid loves hitch hiking…last year he hitched from Brighton to Prague and he is currently hitching to Lisbon , he left Brighton Friday morning and got into Turin this morning . He reckons hes never had a lift in a Truck and reckons its more difficult to get lifts in the UK than mainland Europe . A lot of the people in Europe are amazed that him and his mate are doing it as they say you dont get many people hitching these days…he may of been lucky but has never had any problems with people out there . This morning an Italian guy took them through the Blanc tunnel dropped them off in Aosta and then gave them 10 Euros each for a cup of tea
Was in a servs in poiters about a week ago and 3 students who were looking for a lift south(1 male,2female) they where from the uk doing a charity hitch hike down to southern Spain.I was in 2 minds as I’ve heard if there is more than 1 passenger in the truck then you can get done for it.So I politely said no,thinking back if they were prepared to share the fine if I got caught I would of done it.
I was going to valencia so I would of took them most of the way there.
MrHappy:
Nah, not in a million years. Only because i’m a miserable bugger and prefer the sound of my own voice!
What he says and it’s not safe any more. You never know who the Person is, too many nutters about.
Anyway, I bet nobody would pick up a Hitch Hiker up in their own car, so why would you do it in some one else’s vehicle carry gawd knows what?
Wheel Nut:
limeyphil:
it depends upon their cleanliness.
and i wouldn’t give a lift to a muslim.Can you tell the difference between a Jew and a Muslim?
Is it something to do with how “bulky” their backpack is? 
many a year ago i gave a lift to a lad only around 25 yr old,i was going from the mids to glasgow, i stopped of at a services on the a74north and saw this lad sittting there waiting for a lift southbound to wherever and thinking hes got no ■■■■■ chance,anyway did my drop off in glasgow then got a call to collect from aberdeen and so i did had 2 nights out and on the way back i stopped on the services an there was the lad again and i thought for ■■■■ sake hes been here 3 days,so i stopped and asked where he was going and he replied telford,i said jump in mate im going to wolves…20mins later just talking away ge was tellin me he just went to see his girlfriend that had moved from telford to WICK…and he had not seen her for a couple of weeks and he hitched up there(11 days ago) and when he got to her place there was no fuker inn! i wanted to laugh but then i saw the self harm marks on his wrist and forearms and the biggest ■■■■■ knife he drew out of his boots…no wonder she ■■■■■■ of to the furthest plc in the uk to get away from him, i had to calm the feker down by offerin him my sandwiches and crisp which he took 30secs eatin and promised to buy him some fish and chips at tebay services!..when we got to tebay i asked him i told him i got probs with my trailer lights and asked if he could check my trailer brake lights before we got some food and as he was checkin at the rear of the trailer guess what happened■■?
once gave a youth a lift from just outside calais to worksop,there was a gang of us in a minibus just returning from a booze cruise so we were in little danger.
it didn`t stop that nutter on texas chainsaw massacre though
elcamino:
many a year ago i gave a lift to a lad only around 25 yr old,i was going from the mids to glasgow, i stopped of at a services on the a74north and saw this lad sittting there waiting for a lift southbound to wherever and thinking hes got no (zb) chance,anyway did my drop off in glasgow then got a call to collect from aberdeen and so i did had 2 nights out and on the way back i stopped on the services an there was the lad again and i thought for ■■■■ sake hes been here 3 days,so i stopped and asked where he was going and he replied telford,i said jump in mate im going to wolves…20mins later just talking away ge was tellin me he just went to see his girlfriend that had moved from telford to WICK…and he had not seen her for a couple of weeks and he hitched up there(11 days ago) and when he got to her place there was no fuker inn! i wanted to laugh but then i saw the self harm marks on his wrist and forearms and the biggest (zb) knife he drew out of his boots…no wonder she [zb] of to the furthest plc in the uk to get away from him, i had to calm the feker down by offerin him my sandwiches and crisp which he took 30secs eatin and promised to buy him some fish and chips at tebay services!..when we got to tebay i asked him i told him i got probs with my trailer lights and asked if he could check my trailer brake lights before we got some food and as he was checkin at the rear of the trailer guess what happened■■?
Off-side trailer brake light was not working, and he changed it for you■■? 
About four years ago I got a job in France so I pack my stuff up and jump in my motor to catch the ferry. This attactive woman in her mid twenties asked me if I was going near Baden-Baden, told her I was going near Nancy. Great she says, “can me and my mate get a life with you”?, Her mate was smart too, dam right you can I thought. Anyways they jump in and it was only then that I found out they were carpet munchers 
Holding hands kissin. Apart from that they were nice enough sorts. Gave them my number incase they had a change of ■■■■■■■■■
Got once approached by a ■■■■■■■ the Rastatte near Koln, she asked where I was going, so I told her Wiener-Neustadt.
She was going to Graz, so she asked me if I could take her to Vienna, I explained that I would be stopping for the night at Hengersberg, just of the A3, and from there she should try to find somebody to take her further to Austria.
She agreed and got into the truck, was clean, attractive and we had ■■■ nearly every hour after that…nearly at 08:00…nearly at 09:00…nearly at 10:00 etc. etc. 
When we arrived in Hengersberg, she thanked me, jumped out the truck and disappeared in the dark.
I went into the Autohof restaurant and had something to eat, after a couple of hours, I went back to the truck and when I got into the truck I realised she left her bag in the truck. Walked around on the parking and to the slip road if she was somewhere there, but couldn’t find her at all.
Got back into the truck and decided to open the bag and look what was in it and maybe an address or contact details for this girl.
Guess what was in that bag■■?
In the bag where more ■■■■■■■■ stories about female hitch-hiker than you could shake a big stick at.
Er if that was aimed at me I think you will find that I never said I had ■■■ with anybody, they were two lesbians.(aka carpert-munchers). Not made up, true, just gave them a lift dropped them off near my destination and that was that, I went on my way. Saved them a good few bob in travel costs I expect.