Difference between revisions of "Kansas City"

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== Law ==
 
== Law ==
This excerpt is from the Standard Traffic Ordinances of Kansas Cities book which several cities in the Kansas City metro area (on the Kansas side only--including but not limited to Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park, Merriam, and Olathe) have adopted as of 2010:
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This excerpt is from the Standard Traffic Ordinances of Kansas Cities book which several cities in the Kansas City metro area (in Johnson county only--including but not limited to Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park, Merriam, and Olathe) have adopted as of 2010:
  
 
Sec. 69. Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business.
 
Sec. 69. Pedestrians Soliciting Rides or Business.
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The cops may not always mind, but citizens will call 911 on you at which point the cops will have to tell you to stop hitchhiking.
 
The cops may not always mind, but citizens will call 911 on you at which point the cops will have to tell you to stop hitchhiking.
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Cities in Wyandotte county (central/northwest Kansas City) are NOT illegal to hitchhike in. Wyandotte County has a unified government code which states:
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Sec. 35-404. - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
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(a)No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
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This is typical uniform code meaning you are within your rights to solicit a ride from the shoulder or berm of a road.
  
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
 
== Hitchhiking out ==

Revision as of 17:01, 13 March 2012

Kansas City is a city at the border of Kansas and Missouri spreading on both side of the State line.

Law

This excerpt is from the Standard Traffic Ordinances of Kansas Cities book which several cities in the Kansas City metro area (in Johnson county only--including but not limited to Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park, Merriam, and Olathe) have adopted as of 2010:

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.

The cops may not always mind, but citizens will call 911 on you at which point the cops will have to tell you to stop hitchhiking.

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 uniform code meaning you are within your rights to solicit a ride from the shoulder or berm of a road.

Hitchhiking out

From downtown you can ask bus drivers how to get to joco Johnson county community college. From there you can get a bus to the college in Lawrence (K-10 connector). Keep in mind this is gonna take a while for waiting and stuff. They don't make it very easy but it will cost no more then about 6 bucks all together.

Another option is to hitch from a truck stop with a trucker.

Jason got a ride from Lawrence to KC to hitch south on the 69. Cops pulled over within 10 minutes, told him that hitchhiking is 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 71 south is probably more advisable if you're heading south.