by Chris Alexion, Copyright December 04, 2005, all rights reserved. 202 views
LANCASTER, PA–Comprehensive new regulations may restrict Amish vehicles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Andrew Kane, an EPA spokesman, announced at a press conference Tuesday that the agency has been swamped with complaints about horse-and-buggy emissions.
"Many motorists are getting tired of, well, the horse, um, yeah," said Kane. "They're fed up." Kane also said he had visited various parts of Amish Country, and examined the road conditions. "It's disgusting," he said.
The new regulations would call for buggys to be equipped with increasingly fuel-efficient horses, and for roadside horse messes to be reduced 50 percent by 2008.
Regulators also believe that tightened restrictions on vehicle emissions will reduce the overall volume of buggy traffic on Pennsylvania highways. This may counter another Lancaster traffic threat, which Kane identifies as "gangs of Amish hooligans tearing all over the place in their open-top buggies and smashing mailboxes."
1 • Nathaniel Bluedorn • December 05, 2005 • 1:25 PM
I've seen it. It really is a problem.
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