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  • #32
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    Would be a bit nervous picking up anyone now, I would be worried about insurance scams to be honest. I used to do in the 80,s even when I was young enough. Only once I knew the ****er who stopped was up to no good as the questions he was asking were getting very personal ... got him to stop fairly lively even though I was in middle of nowhere. Other than that it was just the few lunatics who drove at top speed and frightened the life out of me and a few times with people who were half cut .. normally a farmer in the evenings.


  • #33
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »
    I've seen 3 in the past couple of weeks. Gave one lad a lift but the other two looked like I'd have ended up chopped up in a bin liner.

    I picked up a fella 3/4 years ago. It was a three and half hour drive home which would have meant dropping him in the middle of nowhere so rather than going into town with him I told him he could stay the night. Interesting character to say the least. I secured my bedroom door thoughjust in case he went doolally during the night.


  • #34
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Rarely see any and wouldn't pick them up..

    - If it's a male then you're taking a chance (or may end up with 4 of them as per the OP)
    - If female then you could potentially be accused or whatever, even if you're a perfect gent yourself
    - Not to mention the potential drunkards throwing up/pissing in your car if it's that time of the night

    No thanks.. I'll just keep driving I think.

    I don't blame you - it's gone that way now.
    I hitched a lot when young. Very kind people, God bless them for it, and thankfully had no trouble. When I got a car myself I tried to repay the favour to the universe. But the clientele to whom you'd offer lifts to got scummier over the years and I just drew a line one night when a girl I took pity on as dusk drew in demanded to be driven to a pub that was a well known scum haunt to meet her boyfriend. I had a bad image of encountering said dirtbird boyfriend when I dropped her off but thankfully that didn't materialise. She herself didn't bother me much. It gave me an uneasy feeling, enough to draw the line there for good. I don't feel good passing hitchers but I don't want the risk. It belongs in another era.


  • #35
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,954 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Mod

    Zombie thread, closed.


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