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Amish Community Refusing to Mount Safety Signs on Buggies

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You're also an Amish community are pushing back against law enforcement.

A district attorney is requiring.

Those homage to put safety signs on -- horse drawn buggies because the DA says they tie up traffic in the state of Kentucky.

Eight men have been arrested for refusing to do so and Douglas Kennedy.

Is good source look at -- this Douglas was happening in the morning a failure the Amish reject all technology and most progress.

Now some in Kentucky are rejecting them.

And their bodies.

The nanny and Amish -- conjures thoughts -- a simpler time far from the banks of the modern world.

But for some residents in mayfield Kentucky.

They're just annoying and almost hit one Fella coming home from work.

You know we'll who's coming -- going.

-- the -- to the steel wheels.

You don't like to see these -- on the road.

Not without the are gentlemen absolutely not Fred -- -- a state rep from mayfield.

A town with a large population of Schwartz and trooper.

The strict Amish sect to live life like it's the early twentieth century.

Stopping time in 1913.

Unfortunately according to and that's -- they're also stopping traffic.

And he wants all the Amish around here to put these brightly colored orange triangles.

On the backs of their horse drawn -- -- -- -- It's fluorescent orange and red color is contrary to their avoidance of displaying louder extravagant displays of color.

-- sharp is an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Which now represents eight Amish men who were arrested for refusing to comply with the triangle law.

They are willing and do in fact use alternative safety measures and that are equally effective in improving the buggies roadway visibility and maintaining -- -- Now the army say they will put this reflective tape on their -- but they can't use the orange triangle because it's against their religion what do you say to that.

I think that the these reflective tape does not reflect as much Tuesday -- in the -- detective.

He says even if it doesn't fit with their lifestyle the orange triangle is simply more visible and not so much safer.

That's it from here Dell back in here and there were other Amish -- -- do so we'll see where this story goes Douglas thank you Douglas Kennedy here in New York mark.

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