- Walter Miller: How come he picked me? I only had $30 in my pocket.
- Chief Dan Mathews: He didn't pick you - you picked him. Sucker!
- [first lines]
- Narrator: The man with the thumb isn't seen very often on our nation's highways. But he still exists - a vagabond, a man on the move, and often a menace to society. The Highway Patrol has joined other law enforcement agencies in a program of education, warning both driver and hitchhiker alike of the possible dangerous consequences of this practice.
- [last lines]
- [Joe Parker and his wife have been taken into custody]
- Chief Dan Mathews: [Dan Mathews]
- [to Joe Parker]
- Chief Dan Mathews: You were pretty lucky. Awright, take 'em away. C'mon, move.