carwalking

right|290px|thumb|A pedestrian engaging in carwalking in Lyon, [[France.]] Carwalking is the act of walking across a stationary car, often done in response to cars parked illegally in pedestrian areas. This can result in damage to the vehicle and is a form of protest against high motorization rates in urban areas.

==Reported cases== ===Germany=== Michael Hartmann, a carwalker in Munich, Germany in the 1980s, gained fame for his act. During the peak of automobile-friendly policies in the 1970s and 1980s, urban areas saw a high number of illegally parked cars on sidewalks. In his book, Hartmann recounts an incident in 1988 when he and his girlfriend had to zigzag between parked cars on the sidewalk, prompting him to walk directly on top of the cars.