# Picking up strangers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-strangers/1018872 "2025-05-27T19:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-strangers/1018872/2 "2025-05-27T20:22:02Z")
That’s a nice experience and shows that, with some caution and smarts, the world is not always a shitty place. I have accepted a ride only twice and given a ride even more rarely. Reminds me of a thread I started a few years ago asking a similar question, with some interesting replies… > [@Have you ever given or taken a ride from a stranger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-given-or-taken-a-ride-from-a-stranger/932712/1): > > Over in the [Karma Bank thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deposits-in-the-karma-bank/932659/18), a few posts discuss hitch-hiking, with a few people mentioning giving a ride to a stranger on occasion. I thought this would be an interesting topic - so, have you ever given a ride to a stranger, or taken one from a stranger? What were the circumstances? I have accepted a ride only once. Was hiking in the mountains of northern Italy many years ago, was tired and hungry, so descended to the road that was roughly parallel to the trail I was on, and just stuck out m… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-strangers/1018872)._