Here's some statistics since I've been keeping count from August 2003. I'm sorry I didn't do this from when I started hitchhiking regularly since 1998. I've had several thousand rides for sure since then.
| Item | Total | Percentage of total vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| # of days travelled | 363 | |
| Total distance travelled | 60,101 kilometers | |
| Longest distance in a single vehicle: | 498 kilometers | |
| Shortest distance in a single vehicle: | 0.2 kilometers | |
| Average distance per vehicle | 46 kilometers | |
| Average distance per day | 164 kilometers | |
| Longest trip to date: | 2611 kilometers (8 days, 30 vehicles) | |
| # of vehicles: | 1319 | |
| # of trucks: | 95 | 7% |
| # of luxury vehicles | 16 | 1.7% |
| # of married couples or whole families | 179 | 14% |
| # of vehicles with small children | 95 | 7% |
| # of ladies unaccompanied by an adult male | 207 | 16% |
| # of single male/female couples | 45 | 3.5% |
| # of mafia types | 6 | 0.5% |
| # of company presidents | 56 | 4% |
| # of cars with non-Japanese foreigners: | 33 | 2.8% |
| # of people who bought me food: | 25 | 2.3% |
| # of people who visited my home: | 17 | 1.65% |
| # of people who I visited: | 5 | 0.4% |