1...The (State highway commission) by resolution or order entered in its minutes, and local authorities by ordinance, may regulate or prohibit the use of any controlled-access roadway (or highway) within their respective jurisdictions by any class or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic.
The above relates to Interstate Highways and Turnpikes, and is put in place to make sure that vehicles can maintain a steady speed without having to watch out for pedestrians or bicycles.
2....No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
Many people see this law in a state's statutes and assume it means hitchhiking is illegal (especially if the state has modified the wording to say 'no person shall hitchhike in a roadway'). This is not the case. A roadway is the driving lanes of a highway and in most cases does not include the shoulder of the road.
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