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== Law ==
346.29 When standing or loitering in roadway * or highway prohibited.:(1) No person shall be on a roadway * for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the operator of any vehicle other than a public passenger vehicle.
346.02 Applicability of chapter.
:(8) Applicability to pedestrian ways
::(a) All of the applicable provisions of this chapter pertaining to highways, streets, alleys, roadways*, and sidewalks ''also apply to pedestrian ways.'' A pedestrian way means a walk designated for the use of pedestrian travel'''Important Note''' This could be interpreted to mean means that hitchhiking from sidewalks is ''illegal!''
Because Wisconsin does not seem to provide an official definition <nowiki>*</nowiki>CHAPTER 340VEHICLES — GENERAL PROVISIONS340.01 Words and phrases defined. (54) "Roadway" means that portion of roadway in their statutesa highway between the regularly established curb lines or that portion which is improved, it is advisable to only hitchhike from designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, excluding the grass beside a road and avoid shoulders and sidewalksberm or shoulder.
== Major Cities ==