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0 pointswhoopdedo10y ago0 comments

Sluggers also don't exchange any money.

http://slug-lines.com/Slugging/Etiquette.asp

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jerguismi10y ago· 1 in thread

Sounds a little stupid to me: "No money, gifts, or tokens of appreciation are ever offered or requested. A driver doesn’t expect the riders to help out with gas money. The relationship between the driver and rider is mutually supporting. The driver needs the slugs just as much as the slugs need the driver. If a driver wants help with the gas, he should organize his own car pool. He shouldn’t ask a slug to pitch in for helping him access the HOV!"

Car costs money, gasoline costs money. How do the drivers need the riders? Sounds like just plain stupid to me. Money is a good invention and tool, why not to use it.

Edit: realized that this allows the drivers to use express lanes, which are common in US. (Don't have those in my country).

rdtsc10y ago

Instead of just calling the system stupid you could have spent 30 seconds searching for it and seeing how it works. It is right there in the first paragraph on the wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugging

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[...] frustration over failures of public-transport systems and high fuel prices, led to the creation in the 1970s of "slugging", a form of hitchhiking between strangers that is beneficial to both parties, as drivers and passengers are able to use the HOV lane for a quicker trip. While passengers are able to travel for free, or cheaper than via other modes of travel, and HOV drivers sometimes pay no tolls, "slugs are, above all, motivated by time saved, not money pocketed".

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It would have taken you less time to read that than to write your comment.

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