What can increase the chance of hitching a ride?
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I wasn't actively soliciting rides by gesturing with the thumb up sign
In Croatia (and in the Balkans in general) it is quite common to see people just walking from A to B along the road. So for the drivers you were just part of the landscape (at night they could not see you were a "hiker" instead of "one of them").
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You will increase the chances of hitching a ride if you indicate that you want or need one.
The easiest way of doing so is the thumb up sign. This is not begging, this is showing intention.
An other time honoured method is holding a piece of board with the name of a town, mostly a destination but anything in the direction you are going may work. You can have this under the straps of your backpack so it shows to cars coming up behind you.
Actively walking along a road with no sign you need or want a ride is often seen as hiking your way there, not wanting a ride and drivers will often not offer rides as they themselves would not expect to want a ride in the same situation.
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