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In most states, such as [[New Jersey]], [[Virginia]] and [[New York State]] on the East Coast and [[Nevada]] and [[Arizona]] in the West, there are [[laws]] against hitchhiking that are possible to be circumvented. Most often, the laws state that the hitchhiker may not "solicit a ride" in any way, i.e. showing "on a sign or a thumb to trafficroadway". The police could ticket you for ''loitering'' or ''vagrancy'' (the latter Most states define roadway as "exclusive of which can be avoided by having at least a few dollars at any time)shoulder", making these statutes easy to circumvent. If the police passes and sees a hitchhiker pass you walking or sitting by the side of the road without soliciting in any way, they may still stop to check IDs but technically they have no reason to pull you over and you are not required to identify yourself except if there is any way that you could have done something unlawful. As a result, the best result method is to not use a sign or your thumb whenever an oncoming car looks like a police cruiser. The laws are  Even in states where hitchhiking is illegal, the law is rarely enforced because of "traffic safety" reasons mostly but . Wyoming Highway Patrol reports that in reality police very rarely gives tickets to 2010 (most recent year with available statistics) they approached 524 hitchhikers - they just check IDs for warrants whenever possiblebut only cited eight of them.