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== Laws ==
While hitchhiking is traditionally considered legal in California and the cops will rarely harass you, anecdotal evidence has been reported of people being threatened under California Vehicle Code Section 22520.5 which states:
(a) No person shall ''solicit'', display, sell, offer forsale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or ''service''
while being wholly or partly within any of the following:
<div style="padding-left:1em">(1) The right-of-way of any freeway, including any on ramp, offramp, or roadway shoulder which lies within the right-of-way of thefreeway. (2) Any roadway or adjacent shoulder within 500 feet of a freewayoff ramp or on ramp. (3) Any sidewalk within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp,when when vending or attempting to vend to vehicular traffic.</div>
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a roadside rest area or
vista point located within a freeway right-of-way which is subject to
vend upon the freeway pursuant to Section 670 of the Streets and
Highways Code.
(c) A violation of this section is an infraction. A second or
subsequent conviction of a violation of this section is a
