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Hitching? - Australia - Trucking industry rejects Nullarbor hitchhike calls
Australia -ABC -13 Oct 2005: -- Western Australia's trucking industry says it is unrealistic to expect drivers to stop for people hitching for a ride across the Nullarbor... The only bus service which ran across the long stretch of road has been cancelled, due to a lack of passenger numbers and rising fuel costs... But truckies will not be stopping for anybody... "Now, most companies have policies in place that prevent the drivers from picking up the passengers and also the insurance companies don't want unknown people in the cab of the vehicle, so I think it will be far less likely than in decades gone by that people will be picking up hitchhikers on the side of the road," Debra Goostrey, chief executive officer of the Road Transport Forum said...
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