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Gene GeRue wrote:
> > .During the last forty miles or so on up to Springfield, Missouri from  
> > Heartwood along Highway 60 there are many Amish farms. It is common to  
> > see their horse buggies rolling along the edge of the highway. The  
> > highway department has even widened the shoulder area to accommodate  
> > them.
> >
> >     
The shoulders have been widened to accommodate whom?  I submit that they 
were very likely widened to accommodate the motored vehicles........it's 
not all THAT much fun to drive a buggy on the shoulder to begin with......

Susan Jane, who has driven a buggy her share of miles on the shoulders 
(and in the ditches) of roads.....