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 | 219 | |
| Total distance travelled | 40,122 kilometers | |
| Longest distance in a single vehicle: | 498 kilometers | |
| Shortest distance in a single vehicle: | 0.3 kilometers | |
| Average distance per vehicle | 49 kilometers | |
| Average distance per day | 183 kilometers | |
| Longest trip to date: | 2611 kilometers (8 days, 30 vehicles) | |
| # of vehicles: | 813 | |
| # of trucks: | 65 | 8% |
| # of luxury vehicles | 13 | 1.7% |
| # of married couples or whole families | 113 | 14% |
| # of vehicles with small children | 64 | 8% |
| # of ladies unaccompanied by an adult male | 143 | 18% |
| # of single male/female couples | 27 | 3% |
| # of mafia types | 6 | 0.7% |
| # of company presidents | 40 | 5% |
| # of cars with non-Japanese foreigners: | 28 | 4% |
| # of people who fed me: | 19 | 2% |
| # of people who offered money: | 2 | 0.5% |
| # of people who visited my home: | 11 | 1.56% |
| #people who I visited: | 5 | 0.59% |