Which would you trust more a male hitchhiker or a female hitchhiker ?

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Do you have a firm no hitchhiker policy or do you decide based on circumstances or gut intuition who you would carry in your vehicle.Would your decision be gender biased ,for instanceyou trust a female hitchhiker more than a male hitchhiker ?.Is it also dependent on age ,would you prefer an older person rather than a teenager.Would you take into consideration the time and place where you pick up this person. I think the underlying principle here is safety and how we assess what are the safe groups.I have a friend who says he only carries women in his vehicle,mind you there may be other considerations ,but the basic principle is that women are safer hitchhikers.Also a safe bet is older people ,so I suppose old women would be an extremely safe bet.Even though I have heard of young women teaming up with thugs to commit crimes on people who pick up hitchers.Would you for instance bend your rules of "no hitchers" or "only women hitchers" to pick up a man on a lonely street who seemed in need of help.Could you live with knowing that person may have really been in need and how would you feel if you heard they were mugged on the news later .Would you have a conscience attack ? or its your safety first and foremost ?