Pennsylvania law requires the deeply traditional Amish community to attach bright orange reflective triangles to the back of their horse-drawn wooden buggies to avoid being obliterated by modern cars.

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Pennsylvania law requires the deeply traditional Amish community to attach bright orange reflective triangles to the back of their horse-drawn wooden buggies to avoid being obliterated by modern cars. The entire point of the Amish lifestyle is a strict religious avoidance of modern technology and flashy aesthetics, yet they are legally forced to decorate their humble carriages like a neon construction site. Watching a somber, nineteenth-century agricultural community trundle down a rural highway with high-visibility plastic reflectors strapped to their carts is a fantastic clash of centuries. It just proves that no amount of religious devotion or anti-technology sentiment can save you from a distracted suburban teenager texting behind the wheel of a massive pickup truck