I don't think it's a coincidence that hitchhiking became vilified at the peak of the mid century crimewave. It well and truly _was_ more dangerous then. Now, ev

I don't think it's a coincidence that hitchhiking became vilified at the peak of the mid century crimewave. It well and truly _was_ more dangerous then. Now, even though the crimewave has subsided, people have scare stories from infotainment journalism and they overestimate the risk, thanks to the availability heuristic.