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Really cheap travel

 There is still room on trucks
 
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Many trucks (the 18 wheelers) have a lot of clearance underneath the trailer, a lot more than they need under any reasonable road conditions. This empty space should be filled with 4 to 8 (depends on length of trailer) hollow cylinders. The ends would point towards the side of the road and have some kind of protective covers. Exhausted hikers can climb in and sleep while they get a ride. Less exhausted hikers can still get in and watch the landscape or sky from a new perspective as it rushes by.
—kbecker, Apr 05 2004

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       Shades of John Malvo.   

       Truckes fitted with many similar tubes could transport many hikers, in relative peace and solitude, for a small fee. Getting down from the top ones would be part of the experience.   

       At 40' x 8' x 14' you could fit 140 x 2' x 2' x 8' tubes on a trailer, or 210 on a B Double. Cheaper than a bus, I should think.
—UnaBubba, Apr 05 2004
   

       If there's water spraying from the back of the truck ahead of you on a cloudless day, wind up your windows.
—UnaBubba, Apr 06 2004
   

       Tubed hikers may get "exhausted".
—FarmerJohn, Apr 06 2004
   

       Baked. That's how illegal immigrants get across the border. [briztolz] ha ha. ok I'm a Brazilian who can't spell, but there's no need to be sarcastic.
—kinemojo, Sep 08 2005
   

       Straddling the boarder or just laying across the boarder?
—bristolz, Sep 08 2005
   


 

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