Good grief, we’re getting picayune. This is a ridiculous use of government resources.
I guess you've never driven in Amish country ...
Its bad enuf that you're doin' the speed limit, comin' around a curve - and there's a buggy RIGHT IN FRONT of you ...
THEN, ya gotta slam on the brakes ...
Thats why the state puts up yellow warning signs with buggies on them - to make you aware ...
NOW, imagine this happens at night - the buggies have oil lamps in the front and back [NOT very bright illumination] ...
THATS WHY the state REQUIRES the REFLECTIVE signs on the REAR of the buggies ...
STILL, EVEN WITH the signs, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, you read about a car accident involving a buggy ...
USUALLY, A LOT of the buggy occupants are killed ...
I understand your sentiments but I disagree.
You are not the one who runs over the invisible buggy in the dark of night. You not only have to deal with the consequences of that yourself, with your passengers and your vehicle; but any other vehicles that may get involved; and of course the thrill of whoever you probably decimated in the buggy, complete with horse.
To ask that they have non-decorative, non-ornamental something on their dark black buggies on the dark roads is not intrusive, in my opinion.
If they don’t like the rules of the road, they shouldn’t use it. I might sympathize if the rules were silly (everyone must have pink hair!) or obsessive (paint every item in day glow and have loud beepers going off every other second), but the orange triangle rule is neither.
The Amish are not being reasonable, and the Bible does not forbid safety equipment.