10 reasons to pick up hitchhikers

1. It will be a unique experience

2. You might make a friend

3. You might learn something

4. You will make them happy

5. It's an easy way to do something kind

6. It might make you a bit more adventurous

7. You'll have a cool story to tell

8. You might get a couch to crash on eventually

One of my favorite people who picked me up let me stay at his place somewhere in the US. In an email, he said that if he was ever in Belgium, he would be sleeping on my couch. I don't live in Belgium anymore, but he's definitely welcome in Italy or wherever I will live in the future.

9. Might as well make your drive more entertaining

10. It's an opportunity to tell your whole life story and share all your crazy opinions to a stranger who will feel forced to listen to you

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