Bill would help Amish who reject reflective triangles on buggies

FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday about a bill that would help Amish people who have resisted using reflective safety triangles on their slow-moving buggies for religious reasons.

The House Transportation Committee heard from supporters of House Bill 133, which would allow the Amish or anyone else to use reflective tape instead of an orange safety triangle on their slow-moving vehicles.

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January 14, 2012

MAYFIELD, KY. — On Jacob Gingerich's farm in Western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as as violation of the simple and pious life his Amish faith requires.

He and other Amish men in rural Graves County have become scofflaws for not using the reflective signs, ignoring state law, disobeying orders from a judge and even going to jail for not paying fines.

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Kentucky county begins prosecuting Amish

GRAVES, Ky., -- A second county in Kentucky has begun prosecuting Amish men who refuse to place state-mandated safety signs on the rear of their horse-drawn buggies.

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