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I gotta go with the Amish on this one.

Apparently modesty and an avoidance of garish displays is very important to them, so much so that they are willing to put their lives on the line to avoid them. The red triangle on the back of a black buggy is garish, no doubt about it.

Since the people overwhelmingly most likely to be killed or injured in a car/buggy accident are the occupants of the buggy, why can't they decide how best to protect themselves, within the limits of their religious beliefs?

Or is this one of those "Gummint Knows Best" things?

Apparently modesty and an avoidance of garish displays is very important to them, so much so that they are willing to put their lives on the line to avoid them. The red triangle on the back of a black buggy is garish, no doubt about it. Since the people overwhelmingly most likely to be killed or injured in a car/buggy accident are the occupants of the buggy, why can't they decide how best to protect themselves, within the limits of their religious beliefs?

I drive through Amish country every day. Now that it's gonna be dark on the drive home again, I hope I don't run across any of these guys. Because they are not just endangering themselves, they endanger drivers - the buggies are hard enough to see at night, and the instinct upon suddenly encountering a hard-to-see buggy at night is to try to swerve to avoid them - right into oncoming traffic, as the roads are old and often sunken down below ground level.

As far as I'm concerned, the more reflective surfaces, the better, and most buggies are heavily festooned with reflectors of red and orange, along with flashing lights. I can marginally agree that the SMV triangle is not all that important - but they also wish to use gray tape instead of orange tape which is much more visible.

This is a slow-moving vehicle sign and should be mounted on all farm machinery, including road construction equipment and animal-drawn vehicles. The sign should signal motor vehicle drivers to slow down. Vehicles displaying the slow-moving vehicle sign are prohibited by law to go faster than 25 mph