I'm in Lancaster County, PA, right on the edge of Chester County, also heavily Amish populated, but Lancaster County is the oldest and largest Amish community in the US. Although tourists and many locals refer to their mode of transportation as "horse and buggy," the Amish refer to it as "the team" in this area, as in, "We took the team today to visit Dad and Mom" as opposed to obtaining an "English" (non-Amish) driver as they often do. The team normally consists of 1 and infrequently 2 horses and a carriage or an open wagon which is temperature and weather dependent.
Car driving is atrocious on these beautiful, rural country roads. For every 1 good driver around here, there are 5 bad ones. I truly don't know how they remain so calm, cool, and collected. Accidents are rarely, if ever, the fault of the Amish.
Asshole drivers is the answer.
I'm in Lancaster County, PA, right on the edge of Chester County, also heavily Amish populated, but Lancaster County is the oldest and largest Amish community in the US. Although tourists and many locals refer to their mode of transportation as "horse and buggy," the Amish refer to it as "the team" in this area, as in, "We took the team today to visit Dad and Mom" as opposed to obtaining an "English" (non-Amish) driver as they often do. The team normally consists of 1 and infrequently 2 horses and a carriage or an open wagon which is temperature and weather dependent.
Car driving is atrocious on these beautiful, rural country roads. For every 1 good driver around here, there are 5 bad ones. I truly don't know how they remain so calm, cool, and collected. Accidents are rarely, if ever, the fault of the Amish.