In rural areas, where public transport is not great, these ride-along benches are cropping up all over the place. You take a seat and you wait until somebody stops and gives you a ride. It’s the refinement of the hitchhiking of old. Funnily enough, it’s mostly elderly people who take advantage of the offer, the ones that use to stick out their thumbs 50 years ago. The return benches are near shopping areas, village centres. or serviced bus stops near by.
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Oh, interesting, Elke!
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Fabulous idea.
As I said to a hitch hiker I picked up, “What’s the chance of two psycho killers being in the same car?”
I hope it puts them at ease 😂😂
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😄 — We were always told that you only pick up hitchhikers if you are at least two people already in the car. Until my (elderly) boss said: I only pick up hitchhikers when I’m on my own. Because I can take that responsibility (or possible danger) only for myself. Made me think.
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We were told to beware of strangers and never get into a strangers car
Then we were told that the internet is dangerous and strangers could lead you into trouble
Now we contact a stranger on the internet and ask them to pick us up in their car 😂
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Truth.
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That’s really interesting.
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It works in the smaller villages where people know each other.
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I didn’t come across this yet but there’s a website – blablacar – where people share car rides for long distance travels. It’s not free but very cheap compared to the train. It combines both the things Brian mentioned above, into one – contact stranger on internet and get in their car😂.
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My son has used blablacar. I rather be the blabla driver than passenger . I know how safe I drive. With blablacar it’s often more than one passenger, particularly on the popular route. So my concern is driving, nothing else.
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