Paducah, USA - Members of a sect of Amish living in Graves County say they will not comply with a Kentucky law requiring them to display a bright orange triangle on their horse-drawn buggies and feel just as safe with reflective tape instead.
Nine Amish men who refused to display the triangle were ordered to jail this week for also refusing to pay court-imposed fines over the matter.
Eli Zook, a member of the Old Order Swartzentruber sect and one of the men ordered to jail, told The Paducah Sun on Friday he feels safe with the tape and two red lights on his buggy (http://bit.ly/ork9qL ).
"I feel safe," Zook said Friday during a break from working at a sawmill near his home in Wingo. "I'm concerned about safety. I believe the triangle is misused in so many ways. It does not just represent slow-moving vehicles."
The men object to the triangles because the bright color violates their modesty code. Eli Zook said no matter what the courts do, he does not ever plan to put the triangle on his buggy. He said they would be shunned from other communities if they did.
"This is not going to make me comply with putting the triangle on," he said. "I am willing to serve more time if that's what it takes."