Rossville Kansas is a speed trap town. Hwy 24 runs through the middle of town and since there are zero reasons to stop, the main industry to support the town is writing tickets. Tickets are written to unsuspecting out of town travelers or Kansas State students. Local police take advantage of motorists by exploiting the law, writing tickets at middle of nowhere, abrupt speed limit transition areas. Rossville is just another town supporting itself with bad faith tickets that erode trust in law enforcement. The court is located in the town and is also supported by the ticket revenue, so the conflict of interest makes justice impossible. Unfortunately since you can’t go around the town, it’s best just to avoid hwy 24 west of Topeka and take the turnpike.

The trap is set at the west end of town, traveling west, the officer sits just before the 50 mph sign. Drivers ride their brakes all the way through town to maintain compliance with the 30 mph speed limit. Most drivers lift their foot off the brake when they see the 50 mph sign and are pulled over just past the 50 mph sign for going over 30 mph. In order to qualify for the towns deferral program the drivers speed can’t be more than 19 mph over the limit, so magically most tickets are written for approximately 45 mph in a 30. It’s roughly a $300. ticket with $100. going to the towns deferral program. the program is really given the hard sell by the officers and the Chief of police. Everyone just pays the ticket after realizing there is no way to get a fair hearing given the situation.

Apparently there are no protections or oversight for Kansas towns exploiting the law for profit. The Governor, Attorney General and Kenny Titus, the area senator, all have a hands off policy.