05 Mar 08 05:34, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW> Roy Witt wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 RW>> A few years ago, and I'm sure Bob can recall  this, there was a
 RW>> controversy in IOwa regarding those folks.  STate govt wanted them
 RW>> to put those triangular slow moving vehicle emblems on the back of
 RW>> their wagons and buckboards. IT violated their religious prohibition
 RW>> against adornments however.  dOn't recall how it came out as I moved
 RW>> to NEW ORleans before it shook out.

 >> I've seen Amish looking folks driving horse drawn buckboards with
 >> those triangular shaped signs on the back. The state must have
 >> gotten its way.

 RW> Iirc at the time state legislatures were using the fact that other
 RW> states had mandated same as an argument for it when advocating their
 RW> position with the amish folk. I always thought it was a smart move
 RW> myself.

That's the least they could have done. When I was living in Illinois, I
traveled US20, 30 miles one way to work. On my way home one foggy
afternoon, I spied what I thought was a semi-trailer ahead of me on the
road. It didn't have any taillights, which should have been my first clue,
but it had been a long day. It ended up being a farmer on a tractor
pulling a hay wagon doing a whole 5mph, if that. I ditched my car rather
than rear end it.

 RW> I'm all for visibility on the roads.  IN the days when I might walk
 RW> long distances, or travel by golden thumb express my back pack had
 RW> plenty of fluorescent strips atttached.  when out after dark or
 RW> throwing newspapers in the small hours I made sure I wore clothing
 RW> that was highly visible as well.

I ride a motorcycle from time to time. I try to avoid riding at night, but
if I have to, I have an orange vest with glow in the dark strips on it.

                R\%/itt



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