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'''Kansas''' is a state in the Mid West of the [[United States of America|United States]].
== Law ==
As of 2010 the "Standard Traffic Ordinances for Kansas Cities" prepared and published in book form by the Kansas League of Municipalities declares ''hitchhiking illegal'' in all cities which adopt it's code.
I am not aware of every Kansas city that has adopted this code, but I know that most cities in the Kansas City metro area as well as Topeka have adopted the code. To be safe, try to hitchhike outside of the city limits of large cities in the state of Kansas.
The exact wording of KS STO 69(a) is as follows:
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.
This overrides the K.S.A. statute that allows you to hitchhike on the shoulder or berm which claims that "no person shall stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride..."
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. Thank you to the police departments of Lenexa and Topeka for cooperating in making this information public.
== General ==
There is a cluster of truck stops along the road to [[Colorado]], however it is advisable to catch a ride going all thorough the State until ''Limon'' in [[Colorado]]. In Kansas itself, there are two big rest-truck stops which are actual point of interest. Those consists of before [[Lawrence]] on I70 and before [[Topeka]] also on I70.
== Experiences ==
:''I live in Kansas and have hitched through countless times. The cops will frequently try to lie to me about it being illegal to hitchhike in the entire state. I typically tell them I am going to continue hitchhiking and I know what the law says. This has lead to me being falsely arrested only once although they let me go within minutes presumably out of fear of a lawsuit. As for rides, getting them can be difficult. I have waited over 6 hours on multiple occasions. If When possible avoid Kansas and go through Nebraska or Texas.'' - [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] 0:42:21, 6 March 2012 (CET)
== Cities ==