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'''Michigan''' is a state of the [[United States of America|United States]]. It is a vastly varied state for hitching with individual townships, villages, and municipalities having the legal authority to embrace, or outright ban the activity. The people in Michigan are also varied, but this Midwest winter wonderland has definite 'old country' appeal in most areas.

== Personal experiences =="Tried our luck hitching in Auburn Hills, a city thirty minutes north of Detroit, and were told by a police officer that "all forms of hitchhiking are illegal in Due to the entire state exclusion of Michigan". Upon later investigation, we found that the exact law varies term shoulder from township to township to the extent definition of roadway, it is advisable that you may be picked up quite legally in one town, to be dropped stays off twenty minutes later in an area where hitching is expressly forbidden by local ordinances. This the paved portion of course makes Michigan a great state to hitchhike ''through'', but trying to bounce the road completely and hitches from place to place is not advised; a shame considering Michigan's natural beauty and much more receptive northern neighborsthe grass or dirt."

=== Federal Districts ==='''Note''':All land regulated by the National Park service prohibits hitchhiking under the Code of Federal Regulations Title 36 section 4.31: Hitchhiking or soliciting transportation is prohibited ''except in designated areas and under conditions established by the superintendent.'' *Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore4.31 has not been amended here, so hitchhiking is prohibited. *Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore4.31 has not been amended here, so hitchhiking is prohibited. === Law Experiences ===:"In relation to the abovelegality, our 'further investigation' lead us we were led to a local police office, where we were presented by the clerk with (and I kid you not) a print off of the Michigan laws documented at:http://www.digihitch.com/usa341.html.

"While digihitch is a very excellent resource and a helpful website, the fact that even a fraction of Michigan's law enforcement officers are basing their entire treatment of hitchhikers around information found on a third party website that has no legal standing says a great deal about this state's interest in providing a just and fair interpretation of the law; hitchhiking unfortunately remaining a huge gray area. In an opposite light, the same clerk offered to personally drive us to the city limit, showing just how confusing and scatter-shot hitchhiking in Michigan can be, even for law enforcement. All considered I would suggest trying your luck, checking local ordinances where possible, and shooting for long distance rides to avoid the hassle. Happy thumbing!" -The TKL Hitchers

"I hitched 75S from Detroit at a local [[petrol station hitchhiking|gas station]] off the [[highway|interstate]]. Took about 2 hours, but I got a ride from a trucker... nice fellow. I-75 Rest Areas: I had great luck at 2 [[rest area]]s (just bathrooms/info) on I-75 between Bay City and the Mackinac Bridge. I'd imagine all rest areas are good, but I it took me about 5-10 minutes to pick up a several hour ride at each one. Summer would be easier even, but I was there in October 2008."'' - Anonymous hitchhiker.

"The Upper Peninsula is pretty easy ''Michigan was an average state to hitchhike in. People were generally apathetic to hitch around, my presence with the exception of one U.S. customs officer who wanted to try to enforce fake laws outside of his jurisdiction. After talking to his supervisor and the section chief of I-75 around KinrossU.S. customs in Port Huron, this officer was formally written up. There Odds are several prisons in he won't be trying that again, hah.'' [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] ([[User talk:Thewindandrain|talk]]) 04:31, 28 October 2012 (CET) "I started hitchicking betwee the area 10 and many signs posted that say not to the 39, west of Detroit. The people there would hardly pick up hitchhikersHitchhickers. The west side has I had some chances getting taken by the owner of the friendliest people gas station next to it, since I had talk to him earlier and he ended up giving me a short ride. I've ever meetended up hitchhicking between Warren Ave and the 39, where someone picked me up after asking at a gas station stop. A good place to head west from The person dropped me at a gas station between the 39 and the I-75 is on US-75S, where A trucker picked my up short after. It took me around 2 (better than going west from US-26) as it has the most traffic westbound3 hours to get out of Detroit." '' -Yooper Alexandre hitchhiker.