Many teens are relying on methods such as hitchhiking, or getting lifts with older people from events like parties and concerts, which can be dangerous owing to intoxication and reckless driving.

Source: https://www.echo.net.au/2023/05/what-about-the-young-peeps/

The movie could have included the hitchhiking ghosts as part of the plot by having them follow guests home, providing more screen time and a more satisfying cameo.

Source: https://screenrant.com/disney-haunted-mansion-missed-cameo-hitchhiking-ghosts/

This is my first effort at a hitchhiking trip longer than the four or five miles from town or church or high school to our home in the country.

Source: https://doorcountypulse.com/the-body-of-the-law/