Changes

I am not aware of every Kansas city that has adopted incorporated this code series of codes (as not all cities upload their code to municode.com and not all municipal courts and police offices are willing to assist me over the phoone) but I know that all cities in Johnson county as well as the cities of Manhattan, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, El Dorado, Salina, Fort Scott, Leavenworth and Hutchinson have adopted the code. To be safe, try to hitchhike outside of the city limits of large cities in the state of Kansas.

Basically the new KS STO code as of 2010 makes it illegal to hitchhike anywhere near a road ''even if you are not on the paved portion designed for the ordinary flow of traffic.''

These are As of March 2012, Wyandotte County Unified Government is the only cities municipal body of any sizeable population in the state of Kansas (that I have been able found to research not have adopted the KS STO or contact) a similar statute prohibiting hitchhiking anywhere near a road. This means that it ''should be legal'' to hitchhike in which hitchhiking is illegal on the shoulder or bermWyandotte County. However when outside the limits of a city /municipal body and off the interstate and paved portion of any road or on the shoulder of said road, it is never illegal to hitchhike in the state of Kansas. Do not let the police bully you and try to tell you otherwise. As of March 2012, Wyandotte county, and cities including but not limited to Manhattan, El Dorado, Emporia, Salina, Leavenworth, and Fort Scott are ''legal'' to hitchhike in if you are off the paved portion of the road.