[riverdawg]

"... I cannot imagine getting into a stranger's car."

I understand your reluctance, but GeorgefromGeorgia is correct; I lived in Northern Virginia in the mid-1970's and again in the early 1980's. "Slugging" was commonplace back then as well, and many (probably one-fourth) of the participants were women. I'm sure there were some unfortunate incidents, but I can't recall reading or hearing about one.

[gogeo]

My wife won't ride a bus through downtown Seattle.