0_Wizard
Have you ever hitchhiked? I have not, I am not a trusting enough person. Where I am from they give a thumbs up.
For example, in the US and UK, they point their thumb up.
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Thumb signal
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1_Apprentice
I would never hitch hike today but in my teens i did do it a few times. I now look back and think how crazy and dangerous that could be