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[[File:hitchingKC.jpg|thumb|400px| ''Where to hitchhike in Kansas City:'' The purple shaded section is illegal to hitchhike in. Each colored circle corresponds to the best ramp to hitchhike from to go a given direction. <br> Red: North <br> Orange: North/East <br> Yellow: East <br> Green: South <br> Blue: South/West <br> Brown: West]]
== Law ==
:'''Kansas Side'''
:::'''Johnson County'''
This excerpt is from the ''Standard Traffic Ordinances of Kansas Cities'' book which all cities in Johnson County (suburbs of Kansas City--including but not limited to Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park, Merriam, De Soto, and Olathe) have adopted:
Sec. 69. Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business.
(a) No person shall stand ''upon or along a street or highway'' for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
Note the wording of this (upon or along highway); hitchhiking is '''illegal''' here.
:::'''Wyandotte County'''
Cities in Wyandotte county (central/northwest Kansas City) are '''not illegal''' to hitchhike in. Wyandotte County has a unified government code which states:
Sec. 35-404. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a)No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
This is typical code meaning you are within your rights to solicit a ride from the shoulder or berm of a road.
:'''Missouri Side'''
On the Missouri side of the city, the cops have better things to do than mess with you for hitchhiking.
The Kansas City, MO code states:
Sec. 70-787. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a)No person shall stand in a ''roadway'' for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
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.
=== East towards [[Columbia]] ===Any of the stoplights along Missouri Hwy 291 in Independence are good places to get a ride north as well since all northbound traffic coming from Les Summit, Blue Springs, and Independence will be driving through here.
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'''Kansas City''' is a city at the border of [[Kansas]] and [[Missouri]] spreading on both side of the State line. The current area population is around two million people. As with any city this size, it can be tricky to navigate, but If you stick to the advice in this article, you shouldn't have any trouble catching a long distance ride out of town.
== Hitchhiking out ==
[[File:hitchingKC.jpg|thumb|400px| ''Where to hitchhike in Kansas City:'' The purple shaded section is illegal to hitchhike in. Each colored circle corresponds to the best ramp to hitchhike from to go in a given direction. <br> North: Red <br> North/East: Orange <br> East: Yellow <br> South: Green <br> South/West: Blue <br> West: Brown]]
=== North towards [[Omaha]] ===
The best ramp to hitch to get to Omaha is probably the intersection of Barry Road and Interstate 29. This is a very busy ramp and has a lot of services promoting long distance traffic such as fast food, gas stations, and hotels.
The intersection of I-35 and Missouri 152 in Liberty, MO is an ideal place to get a long distance ride this way.
=== East towards [[St. Louis]] === The ramp to I-70 from Missouri Highway 7 in Blue Springs, MO on the outskirts of the metro area is an awesome place to catch a ride to [[ColumbiaSt. Louis]] and all points east.
=== South towards [[Joplin]]===
The intersection of Missouri Hwy 58 and US Hwy 71 in between Belton and Raymore is a great place to catch a long distance ride. Many people heading south will stop for gas/food and get back on at this ramp. If you accept a ride several miles south to Peculiar, there is a truck stop there.
Avoid going south on US Hwy 69. [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] got a ride from [[Lawrence]] to KC to hitch south on the US 69. Cops pulled over within 10 minutes, told him that hitchhiking is [[laws|illegal]] in the United States of America. Whaa, after 5 weeks hitchhiking the States, now they tell him? Hit the onramp again after they left, they returned, threatened with arrest. Taken to the state line and dumped on a countryside closed road, 5 miles away from anything. Sweet! Thank you, Kansas City!Thus the US 71 south is probably more most advisable if you're heading south.
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Hitching to [[Lawrence]] may be easier from K-10, but you will have to be out of any city limits or risk being arrested as it is illegal in any city limits outside of Wyandotte county.
From downtown you can ask bus drivers how to get to Johnson county community college. From there you can get a bus to the college in [[Lawrence]] (K-10 connector). Keep in mind this is going take a while for waiting and stuff. They don't make it very easy but it will cost no more than about 6 bucks all together.
== Law ==
===Kansas Side===
====Johnson County====
This excerpt is from the ''Standard Traffic Ordinances of Kansas Cities'' book which all cities in Johnson County (suburbs of Kansas City--including but not limited to Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam and Olathe) have adopted:
Sec. 69. Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business.
(a) No person shall stand ''upon or along a street or highway'' for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
Note the wording of this (upon or along highway); hitchhiking is '''illegal''' here.
====Wyandotte County====
Cities in Wyandotte county (central/northwest Kansas City) are '''not illegal''' to hitchhike in. Wyandotte County has a unified government code which states:
Sec. 35-404. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a)No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
This is typical code meaning you are within your rights to solicit a ride from the shoulder or berm of a road.
===Missouri Side===
On the Missouri side of the city, the cops have better things to do than mess with you for hitchhiking.
The Kansas City, MO code states:
Sec. 70-787. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a)No person shall stand in a ''roadway'' for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
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.
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