Scripps Howard: Amish buggies no match for cars in collision
Channel: Joseph Slabaugh - SlabaughDotcom Amish Joe
Date: 2008-05-31

Two collisions that crushed horse-drawn buggies and critically injured two Amish men in Pennsylvania this month have renewed attention to the mismatch between fast, heavy metal motor vehicles and slow, lightweight wooden buggies.

Most Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities have worked diligently to make their buggies visible at night. The trouble is that new research shows that nighttime isn't the most dangerous time for buggies. Instead it's when the sun blinds drivers. Often the problem is not the buggy, but a distracted motorist.

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