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=== South towards [[Orange]], [[Nîmes]], [[Marseille]], [[Saint-Étienne]] {{E|15}} ===
* '''From near the center''': On ''Quai du Docteur Gailleton'' near ''Rue Franklin Roosvelt'' there is a bus stop which makes a great place for cars to pull over. It is very close to metro stop ''Ampère Victor Hugo'', but you can walk there easily from anywhere near the center. Getting there is very easy, follow the Rhone south on the western bank. It's a big boulevard that eventually turns into the A7 highway. When you see the blue signs (highway color), you're there. <br/>There's plenty of traffic heading to [[Valence]] and [[Orange]], which is a good place to continue further East or West along the coast. Hitchhike on the left lane (cars on the right lane will then turn right...) a bit under the speed camera. <br />Quite fast you can get a ride to nearest [http://maps.hitchwiki.org/?lat=45.6504383704269&lng=4.838533401489258&zoom=15&trip=0&view=0 petrol station], which is situated 12km south - just try hitchhiking with sign "A7 - 12km sud".<br/> Having a sign is warmly recommended, as the traffic is very divergent from there.
* You also might want to try from Square Julien Gras.
* Just in front of the 'Prison St-Joseph' on 'Quai Perrache' you can stand on the white-striped space between the continuing street and the lane that joins the motorway.
:Very dangerous in my opinion. Heavy traffic, almost no place to stop. I was driving past there once, there was a hitch-hiker and I, of all people, didn't have sharp enough reflexes to pick him up --[[User:Sitarane.mp|Sitarane.mp]]* '''Directly from a gas station (need to ride a train)''': A gas station on A7, south of Lyon, on the level of a town called Vernaison, is a perfect place. To get there, you should take a train heading to Vernaison at gare de Perrache (3 euro). At Vernaison you cross the river (there are two bridges and an island betwen). Once on the other site of the river, Turn left (north)and walk for a few kilometers (I walked the no-ones land between the motorway and some firm's fenced property, but there may be a way behind the property). The distance from Vernaison train station to the gas station is not the shortest one, but once you are there, you ar really inside the motorway network, so it's worth the effort.
=== Getting onto [[A46 (France)|A46]] (Lyon Bypass) ===
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