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[[File:Lausanneswitzerland.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Anthony hitchhiking in Lausanne]]
== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==
There are in Lausanne 4 motorway entries coming from north/east, north, west, south/west.
<!-- TOO PERSONAL: I list here my favorite spots to go out of the city by the motorway, there are others that I don't like, and also depending on the direction, you can use smaller streets. -->
=== North towards [[Bern]], [[Neuchâtel]] ===
You can try to join the entry of hitch at the motorway entrance at the north of the city. Take the bus nr 1 in the direction ''Blécherette '' and go to the end of get off at the line till the station of the same namelast stop. From the center of the city it The journey takes approximately 20mnaround 20 minutes.
There are 3 possibilities there. Someone strongly advices against possibilities 2 and 3:
# From the bus stop follow ''Route du châtelard'' in direction of the motorway. After approx. 50 m there is a zebra crossing. You can stand just after it, the cars will slow down because of the crossing and there is space for the cars tu pull down. Don't stand too close from the crossing though since some cars will think you are waiting to cross and will stop for you. It is a little bit nerving as a driver!... Stand there with a sign because there are several different possible directions. Someone advices [[Yverdon]], [[Bern]] or both. If your driver goes only to Yverdon , ask to be dropped at the big (and only!) petrol station called ''Bavois'' at ca. 30km around 30 km before the city. From there it is really to get a direct lift to [[Bern]] or even [[Zürich|Zurich]].# another Another possibility is to go further on ''Route du châtelard'' (100m100 m) and stand short shortly before both entries motorway entrances (in both directions) of the motorway. The disadvantages would be: 1) if you are going direction north, it is difficult for cars to stop since they would be on the left track of the road especially on rush hour and more of that it is a fast traffic road so cars don't have time and space to pull down. 2) you would have to stand BEFORE both entry which go to two different directions. It may be confusing for drivers if you don't have a sign. If you have one, this place is too stressful for drivers so that they have time to read it...# walk 20m Walk 20 m from point 2, so that you cross the bridge over the motorway and thus take only cars in the good right direction. You would stand at the entry entrance of the motorway, it . This is limit barely legal and some consider the spot dangerous...
