Driving a Seven in modern day Traffic

[squeak]

In the sixties my wife and I hitched from Tyrol to London (and return) for a friends wedding. In France a passing van full of gendarmes pulled up 100 yards ahead and proceeded to walk back. The following car saw our distress and pulled over in between, we got in smartly and left. Those days in summer the streets in Europe were crawling with hoards of backpackers . 
I would pick up hitchers today to give thanks for the mostly great memories, but you don't see many now.