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{{stub}}== Law ==By strict definition, hitchhiking appears to illegal in Utah. However, many people successfully hitchhike through every year. According to [http://www.digihitch.com/usa88.html digihitch.com], hitchhiking is technically legal if: :''A person is WALKING purposefully while FACING TRAFFIC either on a SIDEWALK or (if not available) the OUTSIDE edge of the highway SHOULDER while CLEAN & SOBER and NO SIGNS were present at the entrance of the highway prohibiting pedestrians.'' 41-6a-1009. Use of roadway by pedestrians -- Prohibited activities.3) Where a sidewalk or a shoulder is not available, a pedestrian walking along or on a highway shall walk as near as practicable to the outside edge of the roadway; and if on a two-way roadway, walk only on the left side of the roadway facing traffic 4) A person may not sit, stand, or loiter on or near a roadway for the purpose of soliciting from the occupant of a vehicle a ride
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'''Utah''' is a Western state in the [[United States of America|United States]]. By strict definition, hitchhiking appears to illegal in Utah. However, many people successfully hitchhike through every year. According to [http://www.digihitch.com/usa88.html digihitch.com], hitchhiking is technically legal if: :''A person is WALKING purposefully while FACING TRAFFIC either on a SIDEWALK or (if not available) the OUTSIDE edge of the highway SHOULDER while CLEAN & SOBER and NO SIGNS were present at the entrance of the highway prohibiting pedestrians.''
Utah has many beautiful places, with a large percentage of wild land as well as state and national parks. The northern part of state is more heavily populated, while parts of central and Southern Utah are virtually uninhabited. Culturally, Utah is very religious, with a a very high concentration of Mormons. Traditionally, Mormons treat travelers very well, although this may not hold true for hitchhikers who are often seen as vagrants. Many people from all over the state go buy their alcohol in [[Wyoming]], so you could try to hitch from liquor stores there.
Begins at the Arizona border and reaches approximately to Gunnison. [[Moab]], [[Saint George]] and [[Cedar City]] are the main cities of Southern Utah.
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