Inspired by a stupid status on Facebook, I thought about writing on hitchhiking hoping that this will knock some sense out of this particular person who's on the verge of self-destruction. Selfish thought and stupid...really!!!
Hitchhiking is the most chaotic, difficult and most dangerous way to travel. These are the dangers in hitchhiking...
1. By hitchhiking and standing near or by the road, you are increasing your risk of a roadside accident. Many people became victims of car accidents themselves or, stupidly creating accidents for others by standing too close to the road.
2. Getting into cars/vehicles of people you don't know exposes you to dangerous driving activity such as drinking and driving, speeding, weaving in and out of traffic or careless drivers in general.
3. Getting into cars/vehicles of people you don't know can expose you to their dangerous side. Our parents would always say "Never talk to strangers" and that meant not just literally. It mean a whole lot more... you never know if you chance upon a nutcase worse than you for thinking of hitchhiking!!! There are many missing persons reported every day in the United States alone... do not become a statistic!!!
4. Hitchhiking may get you end up stranded or in a deserted or unfamiliar area. There is risk involved for those who pick up hitchhikers because you do not know the individual or their intentions. They just might play you and drop you off at your worst nightmare!!!
5. There are bad people in the world worse than you! Some display anger, outrage and abusive behavior worse than you, either verbally or otherwise. Never say you are tougher because you are already weak and pathetic for already thinking about hitchhiking.
6. Hitchhiking exposes you to physical danger such as abuse, kidnapping, robbery, abduction, rape or murder. If you like to be exposed to such... go ahead... enjoy it!!!
7. There are people who are not pathetic and are smarter than you. They do not pick hitchhikers up. Why? Because they know this can be just as dangerous as hitchhiking yourself.
Here is one story of a remarkable woman who only wanted to send a clear message to the world ( "A Message of Peace: marriage between people and nations" )and instead, ended up sending an entirely different message to the world:
Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, also known as Pippa Bacca, was found dead in Turkey on April 12, 2008 after having been raped and murdered. Pasqualino was hitchhiking with friend. Both of them performance artists, hatched the idea about a year before that to be wearing white wedding dresses and they would hitchhike from Italy to the Balkans to the Middle East to send a message of peace and "marriage between different peoples and nations." She thought that in the world there were more positive than negative people, and that it was right to be trusting."
Pippa went out to prove something and the end result is that she was wrong .. human nature should not be trusted at all!
Now... you still think of hitchhiking? Go ahead!!! This is... if you want people to say this on your lifeless body "You deserve this for being stupid, pathetic and selfish!" instead of them sincerely crying for you. They will cry for your poor life and body but they will never cry for your being stupid!!!
STICK OUT YOUR THUMB AND LET YOUR LIFE BE TAKEN AWAY <-- this shall be what's going to be placed / marked on your own wall at the cemetery. It is waiting for you!!!