Wait... they got in cars with strangers?

Hitchhiking was a popular way to travel in the 1970s... despite some hitchers being accused of needing a shower and a haircut.  

This episode will answer questions like: 

• Is hitchhiking illegal? 
• Why don’t people pick up hitchhikers anymore? 
• Why do people no longer hitchhike? 
• What are vagrancy laws? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen... and don’t ever get in cars with strangers.