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Statutory prohibition against hitchhiking
The Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318 (the “Motor Vehicle Act”) regulates highways in British Columbia. Section 182 of the Motor Vehicle Act provides as follows:
Pedestrian walking along highway
182 (1) If there is a sidewalk that is reasonably passable on either or both sides of a highway, a pedestrian must not walk on a roadway.
(2) If there is no sidewalk, a pedestrian walking along or on a highway must walk only on the extreme left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the highway, facing traffic approaching from the opposite direction.
(3) A person must not be on a roadway to solicit a ride, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle.