State Highway 400 near S.E. Chelsea Road
City of Leon, KS (pop. 700) located 1.5-miles north of Kansas State Highway 400, arbitrarily reduced the speed limit from 65 mph to 50 mph along a one-mile stretch of isolated highway south of the town. There is insignificant cross traffic to motivate the decrease in speed, and the signs are located behind bushes and trees in what seems to be an intentional attempt to hide them from eastbound travelers leaving Wichita. The westbound signs are more visible, but equally unmotivated as there are no homes, businesses or cross traffic along Highway 400 at that point that would alert travelers of the need to slow down. The El Dorado Times newspaper reported that 72% of the town’s revenues are generated from this speed trap.
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