Hitchhiking

A man and woman hitchhiking near Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1936, photograph by Walker Evans

A typical hitchhiker's gesture

Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free.

Nomads have also used hitchhiking as a primary mode of travel for the better part of the last century, and continue to do so today.^[1][2]