Ben

 Driver

“I don’t know if it’s the most rational thing in the world...but part of it is having enough faith in humanity'”

Ben Logan is a 23-year-old ridesharer from Manchester, N.H. He’s been sharing rides through craigslist for about a year and is full of stories about his most recent adventure.

I tracked Ben down on craigslist where he was looking for a passenger to join him on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Wisconsin to knock on doors for Barack Obama.

Ben ended up taking along Brett Rounsavile, a self-described “unemployed vagrant” who’s been backpacking around the country on a shoestring budget and documenting his adventures on his website, Amtrekker.com.

The “highlight” of their trip came when Brett, charged with driving Ben's '96 Honda Accord, was pulled over late at night in Ohio for doing 83 in a 65 mph zone.

It's a long story but suffice to say it involves a $130 dollar ticket, an unimpressed State trooper, and a narrowly avoided stint in the slammer.

Ben's return trip to New England was no less eventful. Before he left home, a craigslister offered him $100 dollars to pick up a mysterious package from her friends in Toledo and bring it to her in Mahattan.

Ben's first instinct was that it was a bad idea to transport anything for a stranger across state lines, but after speaking to the woman, he agreed to take on the extra cargo:

A 12-month-old purebred dachshund puppy named Freddie Mercury.