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To: Shadowstrike
The bumpers and door reinforcements don't work so well in Amish buggys...

A quick Google search will show pics of the poor dead horses in such crashes. And the buggy occupants fared about as well, I'm sure.

I've spent years driving in Amish country in PA and OH -- simple safety reflectors and lights are not a lot to ask.

13 posted on 01/14/2012 8:30:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Do they use any kind of lighting back there at all, candle lanterns or anything on the rear?


15 posted on 01/14/2012 8:34:23 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I've spent years driving in Amish country in PA and OH -- simple safety reflectors and lights are not a lot to ask.

I live on the edge of Amish country, and yes, wrecks like these are all to common.

Sunday afternoons are particularly deadly because you have more Amish on the roads either returning from church or courting plus an influx of motorists from places unaccustomed to needing to beware of buggies.

22 posted on 01/14/2012 8:58:32 PM PST by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
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