New Mexico Code § 66-7-340

Pedestrians soliciting rides or business
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A. No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride, employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
B. No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guardng [guarding] of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-340, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 444.
Cross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 288.
Anti-hitchhiking laws, their construction and effect in action for injury to hitchhiker, 18 A.L.R. 1447, 68 A.L.R.2d 300.
60A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 389.

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