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=== South towards [[Orange]], [[Nîmes]], [[Marseille]], [[Saint-Étienne]] {{E|15}} ===
* TIP: If your final destination is in the direction of Saint-Etienne but not the city itself(i.e. Clermont Ferrand, Bordeaux, etc) then better stay at the first gas station after Lyon(Aire de Solaize) and wait for a ride taking you to a gas station that you are sure the driver goes to that is AFTER St. Etienne. After Solaize there is no other good gas station and you will be stuck with no choice but to go into the city of St. Etienne or back to Lyon. Sma tried the other gas stations and lost a whole day doing that and ending up back in Lyon in the end. The other stations after Solaize are either too small or not really on the highway so the people that go there are just going to St. Etienne and not further.
* '''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 12 km 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.
