D beatty said: (quoted from post at 14:30:53 10/25/13) Here in Northern Indiana the Amish have to plate their buggies. They also run four way flashing lights day and night along with warning signs. You are not allowed to use the slow moving signs for drive way markers but you see people useing them for that and nobody does anything about it.
A few sects still refuse to use the flashers and a SMV sign on buggies. They chaim it's their religious right not to be flashy or stick out or be anything other than plain and the lighting and sign interfere with that.
Some also think that if they are hit by a vehicle and killed or injured, it was God's plan for that to happen. The guy in the vehicle usually doesn't think the same way when (s)he can't see a black buggy in the fog or darkness, and has to live with the thought that (s)he killed or injured someone in the buggy or occupants in the vehicle or, maybe the vehicle's driver could have been injured or even killed.
Some have been fined and even have went to jail for not signing or lighting their buggy. They believe that's God's will, too. When they get out, they change nothing.
The not using SMV signs for a driveway, gate, or other non-SMV purposes rule/law is a joke. I know where a retired cop used them for his driveway until he moved out. Same guy used to carry his old motor oil across the road and dump it in the neighbor's ditch, so he's probably not the greatest example for doing the right thing, though.
When I took my driver's test to get my learner's permit (1998, Indiana), a question pertaining to the meaning/usage of that triangular-shaped orange sign with red reflective edges was crossed out.
AG
This post was edited by AG in IN at 12:41:19 10/25/13 2 times.
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