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620 -- Keeping Amish Country Safe Sharing The Roads

The Ohio Department of Public Safety, 1998 14:30 min.
Filmed on location in rural Ohio Amish country, this video addresses an increasingly dangerous situation: More and more people visiting many scenic Amish countryside counties. Coming as tourists and consumers. This creates the merging of high-powered vehicles on rural roads with horses and buggies. A potentially hazardous situation. Making traveling in these areas safer for everyone is the message here. The video also looks at ways the Amish can help protect themselves against the dangers of sharing the road with automobiles; This includes internationally recognized safety markers for buggies. Buggy owner/operators can now help protect their slow moving vehicles and be recognized by motorist's who might be unfamiliar with such sights. Community insight testimony is heard from Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers stationed in these areas, as well as county extension educators who work closely with the local Amish communities.