They shouldn’t let them drive their buggies until they comply. What they’re doing is dangerous.
Do they go to an Amish prison or are they sent to a real prison with electric lights, a TV, power door locks and a roommate named Bubba who has not seen a real woman since the Carter administration?
Finaly, they Amish terrorists got busted at this!:)
Am I the only one who thinks a judge saying, “It’s not up to me to change the law” is incredibly refreshing?
...perhaps letting them paint a reflecting paint sign on their buggies would solve this dispute....seems other Amish in other states have no problem using the familiar triangle
"Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God." (1 Peter 2:13-16)
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. ... Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: ... " (read Romans 13:1-6 for fuller details)
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23)
This regulation is not unreasonable when the Amish are sharing the highway designed for two tons of hurtling steel, not for their mode of transportation. If they want to obey God, let them submit to this reasonable regulation, act like Christians, pay their fines for blatant disobedience; and shut up, be law-abiding, be humble toward men and meek toward God; and follow the law set forth for a peaceable, just, and safe society. This is not requiring them to compromise any Bible-based principles, only some overstatements of conspicuousness in their traditions.
The judge is eminently correct; they are dead wrong in this.
Inconspicuous signs would sort of defeat the purpose.
Judge said it straight. It could be about 100 or 150 years ago worse than than it presently is I guess.
Jungspringers gots to get their brain around what’s worth fighting against.
I feel so much safer now.
Thank God the aggressive police state has its boot firmly on their silly necks.
Our government spends $ millions or billions to make sure that salmon can run upstream even with a dam. The EPA spends money to protect an endangered mosquito or lizard. Why does our government not do the same for people whose religious practices avoid technology? We should show a little respect, give them their own roads so they can practice their beliefs in peace?
Our country someday may take a few steps backward; it would be useful to have people who have skills and know how to survive without technology.
I grew up in NW Pennsylvania Amish country. Buggies were a common sight, but being flat black in color they were almost impossible to see at night. When they started putting the reflective triangles on the back of the buggy it helped considerably. Now some even have battery powered tail lights.
These aren’t new style but old style Amish.
Amish farmers are off the grid, but for decades they have generally permitted diesel-powered generators in the barn to power refrigerated milk tanks. This was a concession to public health concerns, and thus a benefit to the community: it preserved their livelihood. When reflective triangles are perceived by the community elders as beneficial—say, because they prevent unnecessary deaths by enabling motorists to avoid rear-ending a dark, unlit buggy in the middle of the night—they'll be permitted. As other posters have already pointed out, some Amish communities already permit reflecters and battery-powered lights.
Also, the Amish drive black buggies and wear dark, plain clothing because of their tradition of modesty. Cars and clothing are amongst the most visible status symbols, and they wish to avoid class distinctions between them. It seems to me that if every Amish buggy had a bright orange triangle on it, that wouldn't be a problem, since no one would be any more "flashy" than anyone else. But, to be fair, I'm not necessarily thinking with their logic.
They got about 1 day jail time per $50 of fine.
While most annual estimates peg a year in jail as costing $30k (or more)...or $82 per day.
By all reasonable comparisons it appears the thoughtful judge lengthend the stays to make it particularly painful in this case even for people of very limited income, however it still isn’t cost effective for the tax payer. The tax payer is paying $82 per day, to in essences forgive $50 per day.
Got to teach these uppity Amish a lesson
After all, how do you expect people to see that there is a HORSE and BUGGY on the street if there is not a red triangle on it.
People should be requred to wear orange triangles too.
Mark 12:17