Tom I know you recently talked about splitting up channels but the reason why we love this channel so much is because of YOU! You are a fantastic entertainer and I love watching anything you have to put out so please keep up with the cool story videos as well as new and fun content. Thanks for the years of amazing content
geoguesser sucks balls and its incredibly boring. i get that he's the best person at it, but he could be the worlds most talented nose picker but i dont wanna watch that either
Was going to make a similar comment but this one is perfect. I wouldnt listen to anyone else talk about hitchhiking for 30 mins but Tom is so entertaining for some reason
I once hitchhiked with a super friendly guy in croatia and his girlfriend, but when we stopped to charge the electric vehicle at a supermarket, he got stuck in the toilet room for the disabled. We tried to open the door with an axe together with the store workers, but it didn't work. 45 mins later Croation Fireman freed him with some more proper tools. And Because of that, the two almost missed a wedding that he was going to sing at. Later that Day we sat down in a random beer shop in Zadar and told the guys there the story. Turns out the Beer shop owner knew the guy and said, that he used to be a politician who was trying to fight against corruption but gave up and instead became an opera singer... had a few more great hitchhiking stories in Croatia, mostly because the people there are just amazingly friendly
@@martpuk5608, why not? Like, I wouldn't go there, if I had an option to go to a regular toilet, but if it's unavailable for some reason (cleaning, maintenance, etc.), why not?
Totally agree. That's why I don't really care about other channels doing straight line missions. Tom is the main draw for me not the mission itself. I'm often genuinely impressed at how great a storyteller he is.
I once hitched with a guy in Australia who straight up cried for 20 minutes before I got him to pull over and let me out, he never said anything at all...hope he's doing okay...
That's scarier than anything else. Maybe he went through a huge mentalbreaking situation, that by that point he might crash the car to "comet sunshine". Glad you're okay, I hope he is too.
Hitchhiker: Thank you for picking me up on this lonely road. Say, aren't you afraid I'm a serial killer? Driver: The odds of two serial killers being in the same car are astronomical.
Tom I doubt you'll see this but I'd like to tell you that you are just the best content creater on RU-vid by a wide margin. It seems that whenever I am stressed or angry, you have uploaded a new great video just as I open RU-vid for a sign of relief. Thanks so much for the content! Keep going mate!
I remember watching the whole "how to not travel Europe" series a couple years back and it was and still is the best vlog/series I have ever seen. So entertaining and it seems so "real" and genuine, not like clickbait series
the romani guys were speaking serbian lol, at 21:32 'jebiga ovo je njemu dozivljaj' rougly translates to 'this is a hell of an experience for him' probably reffering to you
I ABSOLUTELY love your how not to travel europe series and would be very happy to see you do something similar to this again (honestly just love your content you have such a skill for story telling it's unbelievable)!
My scariest hitchhike was in Lesce, Slovenia, just crossed the border and it was getting dark as i needed one last lift to get to a better spot to camp for the night. As i got desperate a car with 4 big guys in it stopped for me, and i got in straight away. Straight away the driver took off tires screeching and as he literally drifted around corners they asked me if i like marijuana and coke, because they had some and were going to a party. These guys were obviously all high and i couldn't really get them to stop the car, they were having far too much fun trying to kill themselves (and me) by driving so fast. Finally we got to their destination and it was this really big kinda abandoned looking house. the inside was trashed and only contained some old couches and one large table with a group of people around it. They introduced me to a guy as big as a fucking silverback, who told me if i stay with him nobody will hurt me. They gave me a litre big beer can, asked me to play some songs on my guitar and it turned out this weird mafia looking gang was pretty nice to me. Then they asked me if i smoked weed, when i said i do they would get some 'from the local gypsies'. they drove off and let me wait outside the house, but never came back. A local taxi driver saw me sitting there for quite some time and offered to drive me to a place i can pitch my tent, and so i did. massive thanks to the taxi driver who took me for free, it was already dark out so without him i don't know how i would've found a place to sleep.
@@Ashley_Mo i didn't really have a location in mind. I was just trying to get to a more remote area, to pitch my tent unseen. But once o got in the car i had little influence over where they took me.
I've hitchhiked only once as a female, and it was when an intercity bus missed my stop in Morocco and dropped me off at the next junction, leaving me over an hours walk from where I needed to be. After about 15mins of contemplation of the pros and cons, I figured there was only really one place the road went (it appeared the main road used to go through the city until a bypass was built), so everyone on the road should theoretically be going into the city. It wasn't that big so I could easily walk once in the city. Anyway, I anxiously put my thumb out and a old car immediately pulled over with 2 guys in it. I had my thumb out for about 2 seconds. I was nervous but they offered to drive me right up to my hostel because the roads were quite steep (honestly not sure how their car made it up them), which I appreciated because walking up them with my bag would have near enough killed me (it was a few weeks after I recovered from covid, and long rona was still messing with my fitness and breathing). And that was literally it. I did think wtf am I doing a few times, but turns out they were perfectly decent people! Definitely wouldn't recommend it for a female in Morocco though. The amount of harassment I got on the streets was what was making me not want to even try and just deal with the 60+ min walk to start with.
Honestly, glad the guys who picked you up were good people! I would've shit my pants lmao. I know that most people out there are good, but you never know who you're gonna meet. For that reason, idk if I could ever hitchhike even in an emergency.
I'm so glad you had the inclination to film yourself doing things before you even had a RU-vid channel. You're such a great storyteller, I'd listen to you chatting about anything, but the footage is a massive bonus.
If you're ever in the Appalachian mountains, find yourself an American guide who knows the areas, people can be super sketchy around the openings of the trails.
@@valentinaroldan7764 in certain areas, drug users and gang members can claim certain areas where people or cops don't often travel. Some cases just as simple as someone looking for trouble will go to find unsuspecting victims of tourists or people who can be easily taken advantage of. If you carry a machete on your belt you are pretty much guaranteed to be left alone.
@@DislexycGamer oh that's terrifying. thanks for explaining. i had no idea that there were still parts of the U.S. as lawless as that. it reminds me of my country (argentina 🇦🇷)
ive never hitchhiked but i gave a few lifts to random weirdos who asked for it. nothing terribly weird happened, except for some weird conversations, but it was pretty reckless of me tbh. haven't done it in about 8-10 years now. the weirdest guy i picked up looked like a homeless drunkard but he was asking so nicely and he didn't need to go very far that i just told him to hop in. he started crying saying people don't even bat an eye when he's asking for help and he thanked me a lot, but then he also went on to say he was convicted of 2 separate murders lol. maybe he was just talking shit but it was pretty funny.
Just as Tom was saying, you got a story out of it and didn't get hurt so it chalks up to a funny experience. I snuck onto the roof of a skyscraper in Seattle the other day and snuck into the Space Needle for free just for the hell of it. I live here and was just bored lol. But didn't get caught! If I do I guess I'm "looking for a bathroom"
It’s not reckless to pick up hitch-hikers, it’s caring. People need a lift, you’re their saving grace. Don’t pull up on the person who looks like a crackhead looking to rob your car, but most hitchhikers just need a lift to the next place.
@@carsonfischer2116 i say only do so if you're ready for the worst-case scenario. if you're a small person, no weapons or real experience with bad people, than just do what's best for you. Most bad people who are good at what they do don't look like a crackhead, they look like a nice person in need of help. If someone's in a really desperate situation, call the cops to come help them if you know you probably shouldn't.
@@carsonfischer2116 I picked up a dude down on his luck. He went to shake my hand and had a big glob of goose poop on hit. I was like - aw naw, man.. gross! And he proceeded to apologize and wipe it on my seat. Nice guy, but it seems there was a reason he was down on his luck. His judgement was shite.
Number 4 would have been weird if a crash did happen and you were killed as the family of the guy would have no clue who you were, you would be this random dude with underpants on his head, there family members was with. Could play loads of mindgames before they find out there is a missing Wizard from the Black Country
'Thanks for not killing me!' Tom, you are truly a gem. I know you will, but please continue to do whatever it is you want to do - you never cease to entertain.
Regarding #5: You were in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and if that guy was a local then he would have had a licence plate with "GR" on it (officially short for Graubünden). In Switzerland we joke that GR stands for GebirgsRaser meaning "mountain speeder/racer", cause yeah locals from the mountains drive like crazy on mountain roads XD
People that live in mountains drive like crazy. I went to Samos, Greece once and we took a taxi to where we had to go. On every (hair pin) turn the taxi took not just the inner lane but literally the apex of the road and just honked his horn to alert others. If anyone would honk back he would get back on the outer lane. Someone could make a whole anime out of this that would be like the Greek Initial D lmao.
This reminded me of my scary hitchhiking story: was hitchhiking just outside Budapest with two friends, and the three of us split up around a service station with our signs to ask for lifts. A car sees me and pulls up, with two guys in the front and the back seats completely empty. They offered me a lift, so I said "great, let me just get my friends!" (Another guy and a girl) I shouted my friends and they came running over and then the guys in the car started saying no, they only had room for one (when the back of the car was empty) and they just drove off. Dawned on me that there was a good chance they were gonna rob me, or worse, when they thought I'd just be getting in by myself. Still a great trip though 😅
chances are they thought you're gonna rob them. I mean, it is just poor expectation management on your side. telling people they'll spend the next few hours in a car with three strangers instead of one and expecting them to be fine with that is a pretty big ask.
@@_f355 I stopped to pick up a college kid and 5 of his friends jumped out of the bushes to climb in with him. In a small Honda. We had 2 people in the front passenger seat, 3 in the back seat, and 1 in the hatch. I thought I was just picking up one guy. It was funny and we had a laugh, but it wasn't a super welcome surprise.
Sounds like the story of Mary Vincent where the guy offering her a ride also said he could only take one person. Unfortunately she agreed. So you're lucky he drove off.
My husband and I saved a man’s life by hitchicking in his car ☺️or at least he strongly believed that. In 2013 me and my husband were hitchhiking in southern France. We had just gotten dropped off by another car and only needed to go a few kilometers to our final destination. First car that passes us was a mini van filled with young people that obviously didn’t have room for us so they went on. Next car was a young guy in a very rusty old car we’re the doors were plastered with tape to keep them on their place. Not looking as a very safe car we thought that if would be fine to go with him because it was for such a short trip. But just as we exited the small village we found the mini van that had just passed us minutes ago, upside down on the side of the road. Everyone had gotten out safe 😄. Our driver immediately said that if he hadn’t picked us up he would had most likely been evolved in the accident and not survived course the state of his own car 😌. We had to agree with him. We all got safely to our destination ☺️
I'll give you my quick top 3, all these hitches were two young females in the early 90s. 3: Glasgow to J40 M6 with a guy in a Luton van who kept falling asleep at the wheel, he spoke little English and I had to keep elbowing him as he wavered over the white lines. 2: Biggar to Edinburgh in THIRTY minutes with a young guy in a very fast car. Pron magazines all over the back seat and total disregard for road safety. Overtaking on blind bends, 120mph. It was over quickly thank frick. 1: Getting picked up after 24+ hours trying to get a lift in Riem, heading for Basil. This creepy old boy picked us up, drove immediately off the highway and ~20 miles into the countryside to an old, abandoned petrol station. We kept asking in French where he was going, "It's quicker this way" he said. When we got to the abandoned building he said in French "Get out". We both bailed at the same time and as he drove off he said "Don't get lost". We had to walk for about 4 hours before we found a TINY village which thankfully had a tiny bar and a phone so we could taxi back to the motorway. Zero traffic to hitch, really hot day. That one really scared me.
0:08 nice shirt. im from vernon and my father grew up going to ap. he worked there as one of his first jobs. it was a dangerous place, a lot of people died there and a ton of people died GOING there. great video and great shirt.
I have a scary hitchhiking story. I lived in upstate NY on the outskirts of a town and up the road was nothing but woods and a few farms. When was about 12-13 I figured it would be fun to take my dirtbike out for a joyride after my parents went to bed, probly around midnight-1am, and being a dumb kid I didn't think to check how much gas I had. Maybe 5-6 miles up the road in the middle of no where I ran out of gas and this was pre cell phone times so no calling an uber. I stashed the bike behind a tree and started walking home and almost immediately a car with 2 dudes in their early to mid 20s stopped and asked if I needed a ride. At the time I was freaking out thinking how bad my parents would beat my ass when they found out I took my dirtbike out so I didn't think twice and jumped in the car. It was only a few minute car ride and pretty uneventful until about a mile from my road the passenger whispered to the driver "should we kill this kid" and the driver kinda chuckled. I shit my pants. The next 30 seconds were in total silence and they stopped at my road and let me out and drove away without me or the guys saying another word. I'm still not sure if they were just messing around and thought it would be funny to scare me or if I got very lucky. Either way I was able to get a gas can and skateboard back to the dirtbike and make it home before I got caught. The dumb things we did as kids lol
I found this incredibly useful as someone who just hitchhiked for the first time last year and is planning to go on a bigger trip this year. I went from southern Finland to the northernmost point of Finland with around 10 different people and it was great, there were people between 20F and 60M and they were all super nice. Of course it might be a different experience in mainland Europe, but we'll see what kind of people I meet!
Reminds me so much of hitch-hiking across France and Spain when I was 18 and 19. One time me and 2 friends were picked up at a service station outside of Seville trying to get to Jerez. It was close to 40 degrees and we'd been waiting for at least 4 hours and finally a tiny 20 year old Renault Clio parked up with a Romani couple in the front. We were so desperate to get on the road (a key factor in most of these stories it seems) so quickly climbed in - packed in like sardines with our backpacks piled on top of us as the boot was full of their shopping. We got on the road after a honey pot smashed and dripped down on our necks and the couple giving us a basket which we logically assumed to be food of some kind, but instead were several kittens who , as it turns out, had literally just been born a few minutes earlier and still had the placenta attached. It was so bizarre. The scary part of the journey only began though when we stopped off at a deserted village off the highway and a big camper van parked up behind our car full of a group of men who were their friends. In that moment, we all really thought we were about to be robbed at best, it was something right out of a movie. In the end though they just wanted to have a smoke and a drink before getting back on to the road half an hour later and were super friendly. Just like most of Tom's stories here, these fear comes just from the unexpected nature of how things turn out and well yeah the fear of the unknown. The reality is you have to be very very unlucky for something awful to happen! What a great idea for a video, I'm surprised you didn't do this earlier. Amazing as always Tom!!
I used to live in the centre of Sheffield (Park Hill!) and worked in the Peak District at an outdoor centre and I used to hitchhike home every day, I never had to wait long and I loved that everyone had a story to tell, but it probably helped that I was female. Being Yorkshire born and bred, I used to hitchhike everywhere because it’s cheaper than public transport! My worst experience was hitchhiking back from Thirsk and some dude took me to a house... in the middle of nowhere... and told me to relax... I honestly thought I was about to be tortured, obviously I was terrified of him doing something horrible to me, but he just wanted to feed me and he made me a lovely meal (that turned out wasn’t poisoned!) and then dropped me off somewhere on the A1 near Wakefield so I could carry on home :-) I have no idea why he didn’t molest or murder me, I remember I did pray to every god that I could remember the name of and apologised if there were any I forgot, but I’m very, very, very grateful that he didn’t and I’m still alive today! Billie (now living in Lancashire!)
I used to drive a lorry around the peak district near Buxton, collecting milk from farms then driving back to Preston and I picked up many hitch hikers, going between Buxton and Manchester, I even had a couple of regular passengers for a while that were doing the same as you, just getting to work for free. It can be scary for drivers too, I picked up an old bloke one time that seemed ok at first but then started shouting out the window at passing people or animals, clearly mentally ill but I was very relieved when he got out. Picking up hitch hikers gave me many great memories apart from shouty bloke. I too still live in Lancashire.
@SomethingReallyStrange Some ppl are just lonely and/or kind, but yeah I think some ppl do chicken out of doing bad things, I've had a similar experience hitching.
i would really love to see a guide video from you on how to travel europe cheaply. just any general advice for cheap travel, hitchhiking and sleep that you use and have picked up. would be great!
cant put into words the wonderful feelings i get when i here that classic tune kick in. Tom, you are the best creator on the platform. keep up the bloody good work mate.
I once did Netherlands (small town in the south) to Marseille in 1 day, 2 lifts. Started around 11, way too late, got picked up in 10 minutes by a frenchman who went to Paris in 1 go. Once there, 10 minutes later a van to Marseille full of rappers with a waterpipe. Around 1100 km in a day.
i once got a lift to glastonbury with two 'scallywags' who were doing 100mph down country lanes whilst sniffing poppers. i have never been so scared in my life. my fingernails were dug into the headrest. it was also a short ride, but super-super intense.
@@BrunoNeureiter a drug (a liquid sometimes sold as nail polish remover) that you sniff the fumes of. Gives you a very intense head high for about a minute or two. also a muscle relaxant which is why gay people sometimes use it for anal sex. The combination of the head high and all your muscles relaxing means I wouldn't even want to be *standing* while I do it, much less driving a car.
My mom has a pretty scary story with a taxidriver in Bavaria, Germany. She was on holidays and wanted to take a taxi to meet with some other people to hike with them and about halfway the taxidriver asked her something along the lines of "aren't you afraid that I take you into the woods and rape you?" to which my mom just responded that she believes that he doesn't want to lose his job. Since this was a pretty rural area this was the only taxidriver there so on her way back she had to ride witht he same guy but apparently he didn't say anything weird this time.
This honestly might be one of my favourite videos you’ve ever made. Just love the cheeky digs at some of these ‘psychopaths’ 😂 Incredible storytelling Tom!
i love watching your adventures and have seen most of these clips, best part about it is how real and unscripted everything is. best part about it was always the interactions you have with other people. cheers mate
As an Australian I just want to say I'm so damn jealous that you have the option to just go off and explore dozens of amazing countries without even having to get on a plane. Curse this island 😆
Thanks to you, I found a similar hobby. I have always enjoyed exploring old places, old photography, or traveling with my finger on the map. Now I know that there are people who also enjoy it. :)
I've only hitchhiked once in my life and it was one of the scariest things I have ever experienced. This was at night in Prague on the first vacation I took with my friends instead of my parents. It was around 1 AM and me and my 2 friends had missed the last bus by a bit. It would have been around a 2 hour walk back to our AirBnb but after walking about 10-15 minutes a guy in a beaten up skoda octavia pulls up next to us (he noticed we were tourists) and asked us if we were lost. We said we were not lost but that we missed our bus, bla bla bla, and the guy asked us if we needed a ride to where he was going, which was about a 5-10 minute walk from where we had to go. We agreed and hopped in. Then we started driving. At first he was nice, he spoke good English, made jokes and we were relieved that we did not have to walk so far anymore. It was when he left the residential area and went onto a bigger road that it started to get out of hand a little. We were behind a car that was going way too slow on the onramp thing to the road, he was cursing in Czech that the car was going slow but then he just stopped speaking and he overtook the car on the right, over the emergency lane and we thought that was probably a pretty normal/common thing there. But he didn't stop after that, he started zigzagging between the traffic, from the emergency lane to the fast lane and back a few times. There were not that many cars on the road but he made sure to cut up between most of the cars. We must have been going over 130-140 km/h on an 80 (I think) max speed road. We asked him to slow down a few times and he just kept saying yes I will slow down when we leave this road. We were scared shitless lol but he eventually (after I'm guessing 10 minutes) left the road and he indeed slowed down. We were all a bit too stunned to speak but the guy did as promised and dropped us off at a parking near our AirBnb. We got out of the car and I thanked him for the ride (very awkwardly though lol) and he had a smirk on his face from when we left the road until he dropped us off. Probably one of the scariest things I've ever experienced but I think the guy just wanted to scare a few tourists.
I was hitching from Kiev to Odessa, and got a lift from this dude, who was really excited to have an Englishman in his car. There were two seats in the back, and I was sat on the edge of my girlfriends seat, no belts for any of us. The dude driving us was really happy to meet an Englishman, and was showing me his music collection, and kept looking back and saying 'Cat Stevens', and excitedly pointing to his phone. He was lovely! But when a Lorry was parked on the road in our lane ahead of us coming up fast, I looked to see him looking for his dropped phone in the footwell of the car. I shouted 'STOP!' and he looked up to swerve quickly, and we missed the lorry by a foot. Literally, the closest I've ever been to death. My mates were pretty baked and they missed the whole thing. My girlfriend when I relayed this to her, doesn't even remember it. It was a little moment between me and that guy. My first ever hitch. My second was my best, this giant lorry pulled up, and the trucker within let us sleep in his bed, me and my gf wrapped around each other in blissful young love. I wouldn't change a second x
It's funny when you mention the high highway bridges between Geneva and Lyon. I drove (or was driven) on them countless times since I was little, so they never were scary to me, but now that you mention it... I guess being higher (litteraly and figuratively) in a truck also makes the barriers seem smaller.
Wow, this scary bridge you’re talking about is just above the town where I was born ! (Nantua). One of the most beautiful highway in France. You were right to be scared. In early 2022, a truck driver lost control of his vehicle, crashed into the barrier, and was ejected from the cabin (no seatbelt attached), then died 20 meters below…
Not so much hitchhiking stories, but on my first trip to the UK I had a layover in London, I think from Gatwick to Heathrow. Being from Germany and knowing how strict some of the bus drivers here can be, my wife and I of course pre-booked and printed out the tickets, and yadda yadda. Only to run into a bus driver who wasn't even interested in seeing our tickets. We just handed her our bags, and hold the tickets out... but she didn't even glance at them. Well, that was 40 pounds wasted... Second time with a bus we went from Inverness to Urquhart Castle. Bought a return ticket because it was much cheaper than two single tickets. After our experience we figured that we just buy a ticket for a very late bus and hop on to any bus in that time span because drivers won't care. And we were right. Originally our bus was due at late afternoon. But we finished the castle tour, took a few selfies with Nessie (very nice gal!) and were ready to head back to the hostel. Took two busses earlier or so. Driver glanced at the tickets, saw we bought a ticket for a later bus, mumbled "eh, whatever" and let us on. Third experience was in Doune (you know, Doune Castle... "CHARGE!!!"), and the bus was like an hour late. Some of the locals waiting with us at the bus stop must have sensed we were tourists and told us that this is quite normal and the bus will turn up eventually, lol. The only time we hitchhiked was in southern Germany. Was looking for a bus into town when an old dude pulled up, yelled that the bus is due in an hour and we should just hop on. At first I thought the guy would be driving like a lunatic because he was holding the wheel in quite strange way. Both hands near the center. I was thinking he wanted to be able to honk really fast to bully his way through traffic, but he was actually a quite laid back driver, and saved us quite some time. Nice.
I'm not sure if Slovakia would be that good for a straight-line mission, really. Just about the most dangerous wildlife you've got to contend with in Britain are foxes, but we've got bears in Slovakia. I got inspired by Tom and found a straight-line route through Orava, where I live, but I'm hesitant to actually attempt to go through with it because that line goes through a lot of forests, and, well.... bears, innit.
I used to hitch in the UK, and there's definitely a proportion of people who offer lifts who get off on trying to shit you up. One lift I got regaled me with nightmare hitchhiking stories of rape and murder he'd heard and finished off with a story about how he'd beaten a glass door into his unfaithful brother-in-law's face with a baseball bat. That feeling of trapped terror is hard to shake.
I LOVED this story telling video. Really great story telling bro. That guy driving 140 mph sounded absolutely crazy. Makes for great stories though. lol
Ahah i’m from Lyon its funny to see you in places i always go through ! He dropped you in Parilly, it’s not so far from centre. You are just next to the underground that go directly to the centre ! He could not have done better since you cant drive with a truck in Lyon.
As a woman hitchhiking and all the adventures that can be had from that are painfully out of my safety zone. At least I can live vicariously through Tom
@@ManicMindTrick You have written that it depends on how and when erotic you are. Im trying to understand here. Can you please explain what you mean by nerotic? Regards
@@undefinednull5749 It's Important to be as erotic as possible for a female hitchhiker if you want to attract as many lifts as possible. Pretty obvious.
I love your storytime videos ! they make me wish i'd be more adventurous and brave :D i like the idea of travelling, hitchhiking, sleeping in the wild etc., but in reality i can't stand the thought of not knowing where i'd be sleeping at night, if i'd be sleeping :D
Tom, please keep making videos like this forever. I know this video may have not gotten the views of other videos recently but keep on switching it up and trying new things, and make more of these type of videos! your audience just needs a couple of these videos to get used to, after that they’ll get the same amount of views. I really enjoy these, along with geoguessr, straight line missions, and most of all, how not to travel europe!
Yeah, that's where it's definitely a privilege to be male. I hitchike and always pick up hikers if I see one, but I'm a 100kg 6'4 bald guy covered in tattoos lol. I do remember this Italian woman and her friend, who decided to hitching around the world as an art project to show the kindness of strangers, only for both of them to be brutally murdered in Turkey, I think.
A buddy and I, we were like 18 at this point, hitched a ride once through blablacar with this guy. He pulled up in a sportscar and drove us in a very short time from northern Germany to Stuttgart. He was trying to show off his car and did 300km/h crossing 3 lanes which were going diagonally in a straight line.. Kind of scary ride. And it was night. My buddy fell asleep in the backseat were he couldn't even sit up but had to lean to the side!
Super excited for another how not to travel series! In the US or wherever! Some of your best stuff for sure. Super curious about where in the US you’re thinking of doing it? Big place, scary place often.
@@patrickrane7993 hmm missed that somehow. Hitchhiking Maryland to Florida sounds terrifying. At least out west you can boondock some places. He should do Maine to Boston? I’m scared for his safety lol
I got that first video recommended to me recently by youtube. It was quite nice. A bit odd that it wasn't in my recommendations earlier since it's kind of similar to your other videos that I've watched. The mysteries of the algorithm.
I heard "thanks for not killing me" one time I pick up hitchhikers very frequently, I drive a nice enough camry with a very obnoxiously overpowered stereo, 2 or 3 dash cams, pitch black tinted windows, a PA you can yell at people outside the car with, 4 mounted screens in the dash, a separate external speaker system with siren and fog horn, a CB radio and due to an error at the dmv, i have a law enforcement tag on my car so i never get into hot water. (I hadn't thought about how ridiculous this was until I wrote it out just now, i never have used the siren, but passengers love it) I also have, not that passengers know, a couple guns easily accessible at all times, and I never feel worried about who I pick up. I keep new clean socks in the glove box, jackets and shoes and shirts in the trunk, plenty of water bottles, and I tend to have many packs of smokes available. So I'm pretty much always down to go a long way if someone needs a ride, generally my rule is within the limits of how much gas I have in the car, unless they have really good stories. But I have only had 2 girl hitchhikers and the one I'll mention today, I had my girlfriend with me on that ride. As I approached, I thought it was a guy like Blake from workaholics, but it was this black girl who was very afraid of me and I genuinely did not understand what her deal was but I was like "look, I'm not telling you to get in, but if you would like a ride I'm going down this road for about another hour." She said "OK but turn on all your interior lights and I'm riding with the passenger door open" to this I'm like what the fudge, we are going 70mph, jumping out is.. are you crazy?" My gf explains and I feel like a fool instantly and agree and I keep tight on the side going half speed so she would be comfortable. She ended up going to a neighborhood about 10 miles away which would have taken forever to walk but didn't take long driving. She got out and said "thanks for not killing me" I laughed and me and the gf rolled out and got back on the highway. I wonder what happened to the videos I used to post🤔 the phone I had those on just bricked up and I don't have access anymore...
Hey Tom your first Clip with the swiss alpine pass was funny. Last year two friends and I hiked from Andermatt to Airolo along the Gotthardpass near your pickup spot near the road it was beautiful. I am swiss and can tell you it is normal for swiss citizen (especially older ones from Ticino (TI) or Graubünden (GR)) to drive recklessly down narrow alpine passages. GR and racing come a long way. 🙃 Love your videos. DANKE
It angers me when people drink alcohol and then choose to sit themselves down behind the steering wheel. As a woman I'd never dare to hitchhike or pick up hitchhikers .
I'm just gonna add my brief story to this moment in history. About 20 to 25 years ago in rural South Dakota I was driving home from school, living near a reservation. Middle of winter a blizzard incoming I see a hitch hiker about 5 miles from the nearest town. I offer to give him a ride and he takes it. About a mile from town I catch an ice patch, put it in the ditch and roll it. We were picked up by a mechanic test driving a car, got to town, I called my mom, rider calls a mystery person and walks away never to be heard from again. I informed the Hypo while reporting the accident and he just laughed it off guessing the guy will never hitch hike again.
