Editing Hitchhiking (section)

==Around the world==
[[File:Hitching out of Jerusalem.JPG|thumb|left|Two men tramping in [[Jerusalem]]]]

===Cuba===
In Cuba, picking up hitchhikers is mandatory for government vehicles, if passenger space is available. Hitchhiking is encouraged, as Cuba has few cars, and hitchhikers use designated spots. Drivers pick up waiting riders on a first come, first served basis.<ref>[http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/cuba/Cuba-Hitchhiking-Guide/255 Cuba Hitchhiking Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127044805/http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/cuba/Cuba-Hitchhiking-Guide/255 |date=27 November 2012 }}</ref>

===Israel===
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In Israel, hitchhiking is commonplace at designated locations called {{transliteration|he|trempiyadas}} ({{Script/Hebrew|טרמפיאדה}} in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], derived from the [[German language|German]] {{transliteration|de|trampen}}).  Travelers soliciting rides, called {{transliteration|he|trempists}}, wait at {{transliteration|he|trempiyadas}}, typically junctions of highways or main roads outside of a city.

===Poland===
Hitchhiking in [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]] has a long history and is still popular. It was legalised and formalised  in 1957 so hitchhikers could buy booklets including coupons from travel agencies.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.autostopem.net/g-12-ksiazeczki_autostopu_78__81.html| title = booklets| access-date = 20 October 2012| archive-date = 10 July 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100710111111/http://www.autostopem.net/g-12-ksiazeczki_autostopu_78__81.html| url-status = usurped}}</ref> These coupons were given to drivers who took hitchhikers. By the end of each season drivers who collected the highest number of coupons could exchange them for prizes, and others took part in a lottery. This so-called "Akcja Autostop" was popular till the end of the 1970s, but the sale of the booklet was discontinued in 1995.<ref>Jakub Czupryński (red.), "Autostop polski. PRL i współczesność", Korporacja Ha!art, Kraków 2005. {{ISBN|83-89911-18-3}}</ref>

===United States===
Hitchhiking became a common method of traveling during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] and during the 
[[counterculture of the 1960s]].
[[File:Slug Line.gif|thumb|left|A "[[Slugging|slug line]]" of passengers waiting for rides in the US]]
Warnings of the [[Stranger danger|potential dangers of picking up hitchhikers]] were publicized to drivers, who were advised that some hitchhikers would rob drivers and, in some cases, sexually assault or murder them. Other warnings were publicized to the hitchhikers themselves, alerting them to the same types of crimes being carried out by drivers. Still, hitchhiking was part of the American psyche and many people continued to stick out their thumbs, even in states where the practice had been outlawed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dooling, Michael C. |title=Clueless in New England: The Unsolved Disappearances of Paula Welden, Connie Smith and Katherine Hull|publisher=The Carrollton Press|year=2010}}</ref>

Today, hitchhiking is legal in 44 of the 50 states, the exceptions being [[Nevada]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hitchhiking Legal States 2025 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/hitchhiking-legal-states |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> This is provided that the hitchhiker is not standing in the roadway or otherwise hindering the normal flow of traffic. Even in states where hitchhiking is illegal, hitchhikers are rarely ticketed. For example, the [[Wyoming Highway Patrol]] approached 524 hitchhikers in 2010, but only eight of them were cited (hitchhiking was subsequently legalized in Wyoming in 2013).<ref>{{cite news|author=Laura Hancock |url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-senate-committee-debates-advances-hitchhiking-bill/article_d18dfcdb-9125-5f9e-8201-b9eba3fedb07.html |title=Wyoming Senate committee debates, advances hitchhiking bill |newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune |date=13 January 2013 |access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>