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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.
Not all cities upload their code to municode.com and not all municipal courts and police offices are willing to assist in makign making the information public over the phone, but 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 major towns in the state of Kansas.
The exact wording of KS STO 69(a) is as follows:
:''I lived in Kansas for a long time 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 arrested once even when I was not in breach of the law, although he let me go within minutes after talking to his supervisor and suddenly became a nice guy when I insisted on taking him to court ;]. As for rides, getting them can be difficult anywhere outside of I-70. I have waited over 6 hours on multiple occasions. When possible stay on interstate 70 and try to catch a ride all the way through the state.'' - [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] 0:42:21, 6 March 2012 (CET)
:''I'm not from Kansas, but can say my hitchhiking experience there was horrible to say the least. I was dropped of at a convenience store near Abilene on I-70. It took me 4 days to catch a ride out, hitchhiking 10+ hours each day. Ran out of food, out of money, and nobody cared to help. It was a stoner from Colorado who accidentally took the offramp who finally picked my up. Had that guy not been smoking too much weed while driving, he never would have taken that offramp and I'd probably still be there. Zero Stars. Would not reccomend.'':
[[User:Jsplts|Jsplts]] 17:29:34 9 May 2023
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