No sympathy for the doper twins. But still, it’s deranged for the state to allow black horse buggies on any highway. The throwbacks clopping along at 3 MPH are a disaster waiting to happen.
Go back and view old footage of cities around 1910 approximately.
Trolleys, cars, horse drawn carts, pedestrians etc… A little haphazard but they got by because normal, responsible people usual do. It’s not that hard to accommodate Amish buggies on the road but drunk, high and careless idiots who drive reckless are dangerous to All others on the roadways. Moronic stupidity gets others and themselves often killed. Oh those ‘English’.
They called it a rural highway in the Post article, but it was likely a 2 lane county road.
I found this description from the day after the accident:
“ At 8:25 a.m., a 2005 Toyota 4Runner driving southbound on Fillmore County Road 1 collided with a southbound two-wheeled horse-drawn Amish buggy near the intersection with County Road 102, according to the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office.”
https://www.twincities.com/2023/09/26/2-dead-in-amish-buggy-crash-in-fillmore-county/
I live near a large Amish community. I respect them. Around here they very often pull onto the shoulder if there is one, so that they can be passed. They are very courteous people.
This driver was impaired and driving without a license. She seems to have a callous disregard for life.
Amish buggies don’t drive on highways and also are VERY well marked with hi viz signs. There is no excuse for not seeing them.
The only ones allowed to drive are irresponsible kids?
I thought this was a free country.
The girls were wrong and careless. They should be charged.
Throwbacks??