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This is typical code meaning you are within your rights to solicit a ride from the shoulder or berm of a road.
On the Missouri side of the city, generally no one will give you trouble for hitchhiking.
The Kansas City, MO law states:
Sec. 70-787. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.permanent link to this piece of content
(a)No person shall stand in a ''roadway'' for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
(b)No person shall stand on a ''street'' or ''highway'' for the purpose of soliciting employment, business or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle.
Sec. 70-1. - Definitions
''Roadway'' means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk, berm or shoulder, even though such sidewalk, berm or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human-powered vehicles.
''Highway'' means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
''Street'' means the entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Due to the wording of section (b) it may be construed by a cop on a power trip that "soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle" includes soliciting a ride and is considered illegal on a ''Highway''
However, this is unlikely because of the explicit wording in section (a) regarding hitchhiking being illegal on a ''Roadway'' instead.
== Hitchhiking out ==
