New safety standards for Amish buggies
This may not be a problem in your state, but in Ohio there have been 1400 accidents in the last 10 years involving animal drawn buggies and wagons with motor vehicles resulting in 17 fatalities.
"After a decade of advocacy and education, Ohio State University Extension recommendations for lighting and marking animal-drawn equipment have been standardized, paving the way for national and international adoption of safety procedures on vehicles, such as Amish buggies, horse-drawn farm wagons and urban carriages.
The standard, officially adopted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), outlines the practices and procedures for establishing a unique identification system for slow-moving, animal-drawn vehicles on public roadways or highways. The document includes proper lighting and marking of both the vehicle and the animal, such as the use of headlamps, tail lamps, battery-operated or generator-powered lighting systems, and retroreflective material, as well as how to display the slow-moving emblem."
Read the OSU press release with links to instructions and diagrams.
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It's a problem by my house and for my husband every day he leaves work. He's terrified that one day he will hit a buggy. They have every right to share the road, but something needs to be done to make things more safe. On a new section of road in Middlefield, the added a buggy land and that was a nice start.
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