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Car sharing agency
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Hitchhiking
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Main intension is usually to get a quick and cheap ride from A to B.
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The way is the goal.
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Limited group of persons gives you a lift (mostly students or alternative people).
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You can meet a lot of different people. Any kind of persons can give you a ride (from the business man and the Grandma to the driving newbie).
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Fast; riding time is calculable.
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Slower; riding time is incalculable.
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Route is usually fixed before starting the journey.
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You can let you drift by your mood and good hints.
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No knowledge necessary.
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Some know-how, technique and practice necessary.
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Mostly, many people with a lot of luggage in the car -> it get’s cramped and inconvenient.
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Riding mostly by two.
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Mostly, several people in the car who are strangers to one and another -> public atmosphere -> saver.
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Potentially, with several strangers in the car who are familiar to one and another -> higher risk.
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You can be subjected to the unreliability of drivers and passengers.
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You are always your own master.
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Socially accepted.
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Hitchhiking sometimes causes lack of understanding and disapproval.
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Booking on time necessary. It happens that the requested route is not available for the favored time.
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Start every time possible.
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Departure normally as agreed.
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Extensive waiting times likely (perhaps with coldness, rain, boredom, losing of patience…)
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Usually, you only meet one group of people per ride.
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Many meetings with a lot of different people on longer rides.
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Inhibition level is low.
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First time hitchhiking needs some self-conquest.
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Drivers and passengers generally act on financial motives.
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Drivers give you a lift for charity’s sake or because of pleasure in having company.
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Inexpensive
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Free
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Conclusion: Car sharing agencies and hitchhiking have as little to do with each other like travelling by train and driving a car.