Trempiada
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Trempiyada is Hebrew
(טרמפיאדה, derived from the German
trampen) for a designated place at a junction of highways or main roads in Israel from which hitchhiker
s, called trempists, may solicit rides. There are often many people waiting at trempiadas, and passing motorists often stop to pick them up. Trempiadas often also have bus stops at the same location.
There is an unofficial etiquette governing trempiada use which determines priority for rides such as the obvious elderly before youth. There is also a shorthand sign language for communication between hitchhikers and drivers. Hitchhiking is done by pointing to the ground with the hand far from the body, instead of raising a thumb. Variations exists such as pointing straight down while bobbing the hand up and down to indicate a short distance hitch, or pointing right or left to indicate a desire to turn right or left at the next major road junction. At a very large trempiadas, it is not uncommon for people to stand at different locations depending on their destination of choice. The precise locations (sometimes only a few feet apart) often coincide with a particular bus stop or common knowledge among the locals.
Hitchhiking in Israel is occasionally done with a printed sign to designate an obscure location differing from that of all the other hitchhikers at a particular trempiada. For example, at Gilo junction leaving Jerusalem to the south, it is not uncommon to see 20 or 30 people hitchhiking near the Efrat bus stop and one lone person 10 feet further on holding a printed sign that says Tzur Hadassa. Signs are also used at on-ramps of some major long distance highways such as Road 6.
The most usual way to start a hitchhiking journey from a large city is to take a bus to the edge of town to a junction in the desired direction. Almost every junction has a trempiyada, or at least a bus stop. Many drivers stop in such a place simply to drop or pick up someone they know, not for picking up hitchhikers. However, approaching them can still pay off by displaying the trempist hand gesture and a smile.
In some places, like Tel Aviv, it's very hard to hitchhike from within city, though inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction. However, in Jerusalem it is possible to hitchhike to the suburbs from within the city, a practice used extensively among religious Jewish youth.
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
(טרמפיאדה, derived from the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
trampen) for a designated place at a junction of highways or main roads in Israel from which hitchhiker
Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a distance that may either be short or long...
s, called trempists, may solicit rides. There are often many people waiting at trempiadas, and passing motorists often stop to pick them up. Trempiadas often also have bus stops at the same location.
There is an unofficial etiquette governing trempiada use which determines priority for rides such as the obvious elderly before youth. There is also a shorthand sign language for communication between hitchhikers and drivers. Hitchhiking is done by pointing to the ground with the hand far from the body, instead of raising a thumb. Variations exists such as pointing straight down while bobbing the hand up and down to indicate a short distance hitch, or pointing right or left to indicate a desire to turn right or left at the next major road junction. At a very large trempiadas, it is not uncommon for people to stand at different locations depending on their destination of choice. The precise locations (sometimes only a few feet apart) often coincide with a particular bus stop or common knowledge among the locals.
Hitchhiking in Israel is occasionally done with a printed sign to designate an obscure location differing from that of all the other hitchhikers at a particular trempiada. For example, at Gilo junction leaving Jerusalem to the south, it is not uncommon to see 20 or 30 people hitchhiking near the Efrat bus stop and one lone person 10 feet further on holding a printed sign that says Tzur Hadassa. Signs are also used at on-ramps of some major long distance highways such as Road 6.
The most usual way to start a hitchhiking journey from a large city is to take a bus to the edge of town to a junction in the desired direction. Almost every junction has a trempiyada, or at least a bus stop. Many drivers stop in such a place simply to drop or pick up someone they know, not for picking up hitchhikers. However, approaching them can still pay off by displaying the trempist hand gesture and a smile.
In some places, like Tel Aviv, it's very hard to hitchhike from within city, though inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction. However, in Jerusalem it is possible to hitchhike to the suburbs from within the city, a practice used extensively among religious Jewish youth.
See also
- List of junctions and interchanges in Israel
- List of highways in Israel
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External links
- Guide for hitchhiking in Israel at HitchwikiHitchwikiHitchwiki is "a collaborative project to build a free guide for hitchhikers". It is an international exchange for information about hitchhiking in many countries, and contains specific tips, for example, for hitchhiking out of the large cities, general information about equipment, safety and...
- Guide for Israeli hitchhiking on World WikiaWikiaWikia is a free web hosting service for wikis . It is normally free of charge for readers and editors, deriving most of its income from advertising, and publishes all user-provided text under copyleft licenses. Wikia hosts several hundred thousand wikis using the open-source wiki software MediaWiki...