[billorites]

John Waters wrote a great book, Carsick, about hitchhiking across the country. Story here.

[DaveA37]

Advise to “HitchBot”........

Avoid any large cities where street rats await vulnerable targets. There is a high possibility that your “inner workings” (electronics, etc.) will be stripped in some inconspicuous alley garage and resold on the black market.

A word to the wise.

[Freestate316]

I did it in 1984, all the way across I-10. It was memorable, for sure, but I wouldn’t hitchhike around the block now.