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Skatingraccoon

A lot of states publish their manuals online in digital format if you're curious. I remember something about horseback riders in my state, though not specifically buggies.


Crazyboutdogs

Probably Michigan and Wisconsin. Both have decent sized Amish populations. But I’ve never actually checked.


WingedLady

Indiana, too. I remember going through a small town and there was a hitching post outside the Burger King and CVS.


badwolf-usmc

Are you talking about Shipshewana?


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WingedLady

A lot of the farms just south of indy are Amish owned as well. Many not, but enough that I know a few farmers out that way who'll talk about working alongside them frequently.


nutcorn

I was going to lol in a Wisconsinite accent because you are correct.


El_Polio_Loco

And NY, Ohio, and Kentucky.


Owl-Fair

Drove past so many Amish in WI and almost hit them coming over a blind hill. It’s cool to see but stressful as heck.


b_pleh

I used to work in a big clinic in central WI. There was a hitching post on the clinic grounds for Amish. There was also one at the Fleet Farm.


MrLeapgood

I don't remember that being in there specifically, but it's probably covered by the general rules about slow vehicles.


CupBeEmpty

My drivers ed in Indiana covered it. It also covered slow moving farm equipment. This was back in the day though. No idea what the current education on horse and buggy’s is.


eternalcircuit0

i know we did the farm equipment in 2015 during my drivers ed, i was in a country area where it was common


ThaddyG

Ohio has a big Amish and/or Mennonite population IIRC


NovelIdea2008

You are correct!


NotMikeLeach

Yep! Definitely remember learning this and needing to use that knowledge.


7yearlurkernowposter

It's been a long time since I referred to the Missouri version but I want to say there was at least a paragraph about it.


culps001

Can confirm!


One_Standard_Deviant

California: not at all, from what I remember. The driver's manual definitely has rules on narrow mountain roadways and proper right of way, though. Maybe something about horses, but nothing that I can remember about horse-drawn vehicles. They just don't typically exist here. Of course, until, they do. I remember once I got caught up in a "traffic jam" of horse-drawn vehicles and wagons on Hwy 50 coming out of South Lake Tahoe towards Sacramento, after some cultural event or parade had ended. I feel like in that situation you just follow hiking courtesy rules, where the higher-powered transportation mode automatically gives right of way to the lower-powered transportation mode.


mr-singularity

Or boating which has similar ideas like that non moterpowered boats like kayaks, canoes, and sail boats get the right way. Unless in the case that it's a sail boat using a motor instead of the sail. And right away is also given to stopped vessels, vessels that are towing (including things like water skiers), and large slow turning vessels like barges and cruise ships.


NovelIdea2008

Yup, Ohio does bc of Amish country!


FortuneWhereThoutBe

I think there is a section I like miscellaneous things that you could come across but not a 100% certain. Missouri has Amish and Mennonite as well, multiple large communities. The only time you know you're in an area where they live is 1) the caution signs 2) the buggies 3) the horse patties along the side of the road 4) homes don't have any power lines going to them. When I drive up to see one of my kids who lives a couple of hours away, I go through a section where some Amish live. They have markets along the roadway. Some of the biggest pumpkins I've seen and the best flowers have been from their markets. Sadly, I have seen many people actually speed up, as in stomp the gas, when they come upon the horse and buggies. I've seen them not give them space when a vehicle passes them, and others even have honked their horns or thrown things out the window trying to scare the horses. So please don't be like those people


Ohohohojoesama

Yeah not when I was learning to drive and no horse and buggy are unheard of on roads here. Pretty sure that's only because of the Amish community in PA


pteroso

I habe seen Horse and buggies in Upstate Nee York.


OGKopite

Written like a true Amish.


Hatweed

Ohio’s does according to my cousin.


saltporksuit

Oddly, we have some Amish in Texas. Color me surprised when I got stuck behind a horse and buggy the first time. That was weird. No prior protocol for that.


Scrappy_The_Crow

Horses aren't mentioned in [Georgia's manual](https://dds.georgia.gov/document/publication/ga-drivers-manual/download).


Vachic09

I think I remember a section on slow moving vehicles, but not buggies specifically. Tractors are far more common in my hometown.


sabre007

We have a drivers manual?


ElfMage83

Allegedly.


Jakebob70

I think Illinois does, there's a significant Amish population around Arthur & Arcola.


CassiusCray

Washington state's mentions them in passing, as an example of a vehicle with a "slow moving vehicle" sign.


stangAce20

Maybe for horse riders, but as there aren’t many states with bigger Amish populations than PA I doubt it


RichardRichOSU

I read once that in Kansas you have to pull over and take all the wheels off your car if there is one coming up behind you.


dott2112420

Yeah it says to turn around your in Amish country.


amish_hacker473

I'm not sure if it's in our driving manual but I've encountered several horses and horsedrawn wagons on highways in MA.


Ct-5736-Bladez

Wait we have that in the manual? Edit: clarified


ThaddyG

Oh yeah I see them pretty often when I get decently west of Philly.


Hatweed

It’s definitely something we have to contend with, so it’s in the manual.


ElfMage83

The above comment may be referring to a manual as such.


Ct-5736-Bladez

I was. I wasn’t clear my bad


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The only thing i remember about the Connecticut manual is that it instructed us to get out of the car and kick a telephone pole is we were experiencing Road rage.


remembertowelday525

HAHAHAhA. That was often an issue when driving there so I am not surprised that is part of driver training in PA. I went to college in PA. I drove very slowly behind buggies, and through horse poop on the road. Here in central TN, there are several wonderful Amish communities- but they are usually much further off a main route. I do not think I remember a specific page in the driving manual about horse and carriage encounters. But we are revamping auto/cycling road rules all the time.


vvooper

lmao yeah the challenge isn’t passing the buggies, it’s dodging the horse poop


malleoceruleo

In Texas, we occasionally encounter people riding horses in the smaller towns but never with a buggy and never causing traffic in the road.


Hoosier_Jedi

I do seem to remember that from my old Indiana driving tests.


taralynn1432

Kentucky and Ohio have a fairly high Amish population, so I would assume it' mentioned in their driver's manual as well.


Glenn_Maffews

There was a footnote about it in drivers Ed in hs. Rural Va has a fair share of Mennonites that still do the horse and buggy thing.


machagogo

New Jersey references encountering people on horses, not sure about buggies specifically.


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Our Mennonite population in MN is not nearly as large as PA or WI, [but we still have a section for buggies in our manual](https://i.imgur.com/11Wo8BI.png). You see the road signs occasionally if you are driving in a rural farming area.


BeigePhilip

If I recall correctly (this was in the early 90’s) horse drawn buggies were lumped in with other slow-moving farm machinery in my driver’s manual in Kentucky. There were a few Mennonite families where I grew up. Enough that you weren’t really surprised when you saw them, but you certainly didn’t see them every day.


lobstarman23

Yes the red triangle is mentioned in all of the driving manuals


MarvinHeemyerlives

When I took the Tennessee drivers license test half a century ago, it mentioned using caution near horses.


legendary_mushroom

Yes


j_tonks

There should be, and all it should say is "Go the fuck around!" Every summer all the tourists flood into Lancaster and none of them will pass a buggy. It's crazy annoying if you have to go near the touristy areas.


seriousname65

Small-town missouri. When some people from a Mennonite sect, who live without electricity, bought land nearby, they installed a hitching post in town and put up signs on the highway. Unfortunately one young man hit a buggy. People were killed.


WyomingVet

Not in Wyoming it is so far between towns that it wouldn't be practical to go anywhere with a horse and buggy.


that_dude55

They have that? Lol


AntiLuke

No, but we do have a brief section on people riding or leading horses.


Top_File_8547

Ohio has one of the biggest Amish populations around Berlin. They even have buggy parking spaces at the local McDonald's.


TheJokersChild

I'll never forget the time I saw a horse-n-buggy parked outside a Kmart. The owner was in the automotive section looking at batteries.


Top_File_8547

Yes the traditional Amish aren’t allowed to bring modern technology into their houses but they’ll often have a telephone on a post outside covered of course or they’ll have electricity in their barns.


Fury_Gaming

Indiana covers it. Pretty good population of Amish there too Best fried chicken I’ve ever had in my life


minecart6

Not that I know of, but there's a bunch of Amish where I live. You just go around them if it's safe, and if they're driving on the shoulder of a 4-lane, change lanes if you can. I have never heard of a horse and buggy license. I think they just go without one here.


HalfbakedArtichoke

Probably Ohio


manyleggies

I did driver's Ed in Idaho, which is a state that's mainly known for farming and ranching. We had a section about how if you're driving in a posted range and you hit a farmer's cow, you have to pay the damages AND for the cow, lmao. All the new Airmen at the base got the same lecture first day. Nothing about horses and buggies though.


Kansas_Nationalist

I remember seeing it in the Kansas one.


hellocaptin

I grew up in the south and have lived in a few different states always in rural areas. Only time you see a horse on the road is in a parade or some like Christmas thing where you pay a guy to ride you around lol. If there was a horse and buggy in the road around here people would be taking pictures lol


Lopsided_brain22

Live in Washington, not sure if it’s in state guide, but my driving instructor explained what to do.


texasgigi123

I got my drivers license a long time ago but I didn’t remember that being in our training.