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'''Louisiana''' is a state in the [[United States of America|United States]]. It seems to be an average hitchhiking state. A major feature is [[New Orleans]], as are unique and delicious food, eerie cypress swamps, accents of varying thickness, smokey jazz clubs, and thinly veiled racism. Experiences seem to tell that people are friendly and rides will almost surely feed you, get you high, or give you some money.

Getting == Law ==Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:218 - Pedestrians soliciting rides here is about averageor businessA. No person shall stand on a public roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride, employment, or business from the occupant of any vehicle.Title 32.1 Definitions (59) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.

Louisiana is awesome. Fun placeIn English, this means that you're fine & within bounds of the law as long as you stay on the shoulder. ObviouslyHitching on the Interstate might be illegal, New Orleansbut outside of big cities it seems to be a good idea to do it anyway.

People throw huge wads around here- they make a lot == Experiences ==''Ease of money but they aren't rich because they blow it all drinkinggetting rides depends greatly on the area you are in, gambling, anyways, people who picked us up gave us all kinds of money just because we looked kinda hungryranging from very difficult to very easy. Louisiana: unique and delicious food, eerie cypress swamps, accents is another one of varying thickness, smokey jazz clubs, those states where people may not be very trusting and thinly veiled racism all lend to an interesting experience asking them for a ride in person at gas stations can often help you get a ride much quicker than standing on the side of the extreme budget travelerroad. People are friendly and rides will almost surely feed youIn Dubach, get you higha little town north of Ruston, or give you some moneythe chief of police gave me the usual line about it being illegal to hitchhike.  Getting to New Orleans is no problemI argued with him and he started yelling and swearing, but getting out can be trickyand acting generally unprofessional. Outside He said he didn't care what the text of the big cities stand on the interstate and look confused and desperate while still upbeatlaw said, he wasn't going to allow hitchhikers in his town. Of course I had lots of short continued to hold my thumb out, and he never did anything besides driving by me and interesting hop rides in LAglaring at me about a dozen times.Look New Orleans link for more info for the Hitchhiking spot'' [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] 07:13, 12 May 2012 (CEST)

== Experiences ==Ease of getting rides depends greatly on the area you are "I hitchhiked in, ranging November 2014 from very difficult New Orleans (Bullard Ave) to very easyKnoxville, TN. Louisiana is another one of those states where people may not be very trusting Waited 2h in New Orleans and asking them for a ride in person got dropped off at gas stations can often help you get a ride much quicker than standing small exit just behind Slidell. So I hitched from the shoulder, where visibility was good. No police seemed to care - neither on the side of shoulder nor when I started in New Orleans. Many cars were just passing by. On the roadshoulder I only waited for 10 min till someone stopped and took me to Gadsen, AL." [[User:Redjo27|Redjo27]] 20:10, 20.December 2014 (CEST)