(a) Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and upon a street or highway shall when practicable walk only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
(c) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
(WVaC 17C-10-6)
(d) No person shall solicit a ride in an automobile or other vehicle on any street, alley or highway of the City in the manner commonly known as “thumbing” or “hitchhiking”, or hail any such vehicle for the purpose of soliciting a ride therein by word or gesture, commonly known as “thumbing” or “hitchhiking”; provided that this section shall not apply to taxicabs, buses or similar vehicles carrying passengers for hire.
Loitering or standing at any place on any street or other highway of the City and gesturing in the manner commonly known as “thumbing” shall be considered prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section. (1969 Code §17-31)