HIE -“veltz meshugener: cut the nonsense about hitchhiking. There is nothing wrong with hitchhiking. It’s a big mitzvah to give a hitch. I haven’t ever heard a bochur in lakewood get hit by a car because of hitchhiking. so don’t talk if you don’t know.”
I live in Lakewood and I pick up Bochurim for rides -only when they are HH in a safe spot and where I can pull over safely. Whether s/o has been killed/hit or not is irrevelant, I’ve seen many Bochurim HH in a dangerous way and many don’t wear reflectors at nite.